Medium 5.5Published Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-98054ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix unbalanced module reference count

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:00 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: Intel: avs: Fix unbalanced module reference count strace_open() invokes try_module_get() which on success takes the module reference. If any follow up operation causes strace_open() to fail, the refcount shall be put down.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 0a5fb3cc28fda52c761775db2ccb7ccb954aee2a before 3fcf670f023d47e4eb970fb886ee562b5bdfbee7; from 0a5fb3cc28fda52c761775db2ccb7ccb954aee2a before 23ebd4ed5799340f1d2193195c97f61d39aa9899; from 0a5fb3cc28fda52c761775db2ccb7ccb954aee2a before 60b396b2aeca303bc468937d2b44a82399f37b3c; from 0a5fb3cc28fda52c761775db2ccb7ccb954aee2a before d4fa6f94b91137e329ea3f5b360e140b227bb696	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.7 before 6.12.111; from 6.13 before 6.18.53; from 6.19 before 7.2.7; 7.3; 7.3	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fcf670f023d47e4eb970fb886ee562b5bdfbee7	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ebd4ed5799340f1d2193195c97f61d39aa9899	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60b396b2aeca303bc468937d2b44a82399f37b3c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4fa6f94b91137e329ea3f5b360e140b227bb696	patch

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