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CVE-2026-90401: Linux 5.17
CVE-2026-90401. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00151 (percentile 0.03857), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · f51d46d0e7cb5b8494aa534d276a9d8915a2443d to before ffcc9ea4e4d121c78aef6654a1577aa7d120774d, f51d46d0e7cb5b8494aa534d276a9d8915a2443d to before 9bb9504e2d8f3d22ef12d51c333dd499f402dc8f, f51d46d0e7cb5b8494aa534d276a9d8915a2443d to before 3fe5b7c9fb72ccc29bfd0f955b124892af7e3674, 39db562b3fedb93978a7e42dd216b306740959f8, 5.15.111 to before 5.16
Linux
Linux · 5.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/md/md-bitmap.c, drivers/md/md-bitmap.h, drivers/md/md-linear.c, drivers/md/md-llbitmap.c, drivers/md/md.c, drivers/md/raid0.c, drivers/md/raid1-10.c, drivers/md/raid1.c, drivers/md/raid10.c, drivers/md/raid5.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 28.4 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00151 · percentile 0.03857 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 12:39:55.759815+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 11:57:11.427822+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-90401.html