intel_th: fix device leak on output open()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: intel_th: fix device leak on output open() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close(). Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: intel_th: fix device leak on output open() Make sure to drop the reference taken when looking up the th device during output device open() on errors and on close(). Note that a recent commit fixed the leak in a couple of open() error paths but not all of them, and the reference is still leaking on successful open().
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fca16c5591534cc1fec8b6181277ee3a3d0f26c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64015cbf06e8bb75b81ae95b997e847b55280f7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95fc36a234da24bbc5f476f8104a5a15f99ed3e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4b9467296b9a16ebc008147238070236982b6d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b71e64ef7ff9443835d1333e3e80ab1e49e5209f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7785434b5d05d940d936b78925080950bd54dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9b059bda4276f2bb72cb98ec7875a747f042ea2
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23091.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23091