{"id":"CVE-2026-90233","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"nvme-pci: release descriptor pools on probe failure","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-pci: release descriptor pools on probe failure\n\nThe per-NUMA-node descriptor DMA pools are created lazily from\nnvme_init_hctx_common() once the admin tag set is allocated, but they are\nonly destroyed in nvme_remove() via nvme_release_descriptor_pools(). Any\nprobe failure after the admin tag set has been allocated unwinds through\nthe out_disable label and nvme_pci_free_ctrl(), neither of which releases\nthe pools, leaking the dma_pool objects.\n\nRelease the descriptor pools in the out_disable error path. It must not\nbe added to nvme_pci_free_ctrl(), as that would double-free against\nnvme_remove() on the normal teardown path.","publishedAt":"2026-09-17T16:07:39.941Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:00:09.595Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"c25b6b28a35f9e36ce5dd6da5905bcddb2128707","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"79fb405966edb5065234440d94cc75bfd7b01f41","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"cb144c2f67128abfa5c7ba33318617d19f192156","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/pci.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.52","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/pci.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c25b6b28a35f9e36ce5dd6da5905bcddb2128707","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79fb405966edb5065234440d94cc75bfd7b01f41","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb144c2f67128abfa5c7ba33318617d19f192156"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:34.582Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90233.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-90233","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-09-17T16:07:39.941Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:00:09.595Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.794Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"nvme-pci: release descriptor pools on probe failure","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme-pci: release descriptor pools on probe failure\n\nThe per-NUMA-node descriptor DMA pools are created lazily from\nnvme_init_hctx_common() once the admin tag set is allocated, but they are\nonly destroyed in nvme_remove() via nvme_release_descriptor_pools(). Any\nprobe failure after the admin tag set has been allocated unwinds through\nthe out_disable label and nvme_pci_free_ctrl(), neither of which releases\nthe pools, leaking the dma_pool objects.\n\nRelease the descriptor pools in the out_disable error path. It must not\nbe added to nvme_pci_free_ctrl(), as that would double-free against\nnvme_remove() on the normal teardown path."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"c25b6b28a35f9e36ce5dd6da5905bcddb2128707","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"79fb405966edb5065234440d94cc75bfd7b01f41","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d977506f8863807129d7a11f4057dfb1b38085ea","status":"affected","lessThan":"cb144c2f67128abfa5c7ba33318617d19f192156","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/pci.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.52","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.6","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/nvme/host/pci.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c25b6b28a35f9e36ce5dd6da5905bcddb2128707"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79fb405966edb5065234440d94cc75bfd7b01f41"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb144c2f67128abfa5c7ba33318617d19f192156"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:00:09.595Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.52"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.3"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}