PT-2026-27679 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2026-01-01 · Updated 2026-03-28 · CVE-2026-23314

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A device node reference leak exists in the bq257xx reg dt parse gpio() function within the regulator subsystem related to the bq257xx driver. Specifically, if the function fails to obtain a subchild node, it does not release the reference to that node using of node put(child), leading to a memory leak.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-23314

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

Bq257Xx Driver

References · 15

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23314.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-23314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4baaddaa44af01cd4ce239493060738fd0881835 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23314 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93b64bef8cd4074806d981ed1b4c38c3ae0542e3 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-23314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aba54a5a113667df9d339f4192650f6bc27e9d1f · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23314 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23314 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEarity/status/2037929052850495729 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/4baaddaa44af01cd4ce239493060738fd0881835 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2036763536144187656 · Twitter Post