CVE-2026-90213: firewire: core: fix memory leak in error path of build_tree()
Published Sep 17, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
firewire: core: fix memory leak in error path of buildtree()
In the error path of buildtree(), node instances can remain in the local linked list when the function returns.
Whenever an invalid value is detected in the self ID sequence, each allocated node instance is either an entry in the linked list or an entry in the ports array of its parent node. Therefore, the allocate node instances can be safely released by traversing the linked list from its head.
Release the remaining node instances with foreachfwnode() before returning to the caller.
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel
Event History
Sep 17, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:07 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·04:07 PM
Description