CVE-2026-90119 ALSA: ice1712: Fix the card leak at probe error with the auto-cleanup
A resource leak in the ALSA ice1712 driver during probe failure can lead to memory exhaustion and denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-90119?
CVE-2026-90119 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 17 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: ice1712: Fix the card leak at probe error with the auto-cleanup
snd_ice1712_probe() performs multiple initialization steps after snd_card_new(), but directly returns on failures from later steps without releasing the ALSA card, causing resource leaks when probing fails.
Use snd_devm_card_new() together with scope-based cleanup via __free(snd_card_unref), and clear the card pointer after successful registration to keep it alive.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-90119?
How do I fix CVE-2026-90119?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2026-90119 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-90119 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as AZL-102000, BELL-CVE-2026-90119, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90119, GHSA-6g7r-vfr7-4pr6, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-90119.