CVE-2026-90254

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 3 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: hci_sync: free the advertising instance on the failure and cancel paths

adv_timeout_expire() hands a kmalloc()ed instance byte to hci_cmd_sync_queue() with a NULL destroy callback, and only adv_timeout_expire_sync() frees it. That leaks on two paths:

  • the return value is not checked, and hci_cmd_sync_queue() does not
take ownership when it fails (-ENETDOWN, -ENODEV, -ENOMEM);
  • a cancelled entry is not released, as _hci_cmd_sync_cancel_entry()
does not free entry->data when there is no destroy callback. hci_cmd_sync_clear() cancels every pending entry when the controller is unregistered.

Free the buffer from a destroy callback, and in the caller when the entry could not be queued at all.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
10th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

References (6)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90254(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(4 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (360 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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linux-6.126.12.100-1~deb12u1, 6.12.101-1~deb12u1, 6.12.107-1~deb12u1
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1~deb12u1: fixed in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.12.96-1 (35 versions)
  • every version up to 6.12.111-1: fixed in 6.12.111-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (179 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 24× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-03 23:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-01 06:08 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-01 06:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-28 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-25 20:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-09-23 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-20 10:40 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-20 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-09-17 17:24 UTCNVD update
  23. 2026-09-17 16:36 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-90254?
CVE-2026-90254 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: free the advertising instance on the failure and cancel paths advtimeoutexpire() hands a kmalloc()ed instance byte to hcicmdsync_queue() with a NULL destroy callback, and only advtimeoutexpire_sync() frees it.…
When was CVE-2026-90254 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90254 was first published on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90254 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90254 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (10th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90254?
No fix for CVE-2026-90254 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90254 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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