# HID: sony: clean up device list on probe failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90041`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90041`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.8 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 16 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 16 Sept 2026, 10:33 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before 41d92c2e02788c04663b11335454b094dc4672bc` (git)
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before 7ee50d42a6d5c8cf3d8afb3285273bcc58452214` (git)
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before b84544ef00a27e8081498d33af7dac33b6cb8418` (git)
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before 3b4709e4864908bb06c48c500cc8db8d3d55d139` (git)
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before d044d796e2a369c6051c7e83dce88c7baa2494d4` (git)
  - affected: `4f967f6d73746f66514528cc1191025f0b5d69b3 to before 7c65699a3a311198a07659a614fe64d45924839e` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.10`
  - unaffected: `before 4.10` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.51 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.5 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> Linux kernel versions from 4.10 until the fix in the HID Sony driver are affected. A failed probe leaves a freed device entry linked, so a later matching controller reads freed memory. The source gives few details on attacker requirements. Upgrade to a fixed kernel, such as 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.111, 6.18.51 or later in those series.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0032, the 24th percentile, on 13 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 16 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90041](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90041)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90041](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90041)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41d92c2e02788c04663b11335454b094dc4672bc>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee50d42a6d5c8cf3d8afb3285273bcc58452214>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b84544ef00a27e8081498d33af7dac33b6cb8418>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4709e4864908bb06c48c500cc8db8d3d55d139>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d044d796e2a369c6051c7e83dce88c7baa2494d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c65699a3a311198a07659a614fe64d45924839e>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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