VulnerabilityPublished 17 Sep 2026Updated 21 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-90060: Linux kernel · ALSA: control: Don't add invalid kcontrols to LED layer

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · fixed in 74e3b979ce8b78a690f8b94ccf2e2c965f7f5c11 : update Linux kernel when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

Severity

Unrated

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 11% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 74e3b979ce8b78a690f8b94ccf2e2c965f7f5c11, 18c08f84ca483029f04e426ec7ca3b5d3684cf22, 6e152cbfac3a2a62f79df7d23d621917c20367eb +3

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 17 Sep 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 74e3b979ce8b78a690f8b94ccf2e2c965f7f5c11	Fixed in 74e3b979ce8b78a690f8b94ccf2e2c965f7f5c11
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 18c08f84ca483029f04e426ec7ca3b5d3684cf22	Fixed in 18c08f84ca483029f04e426ec7ca3b5d3684cf22
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 6e152cbfac3a2a62f79df7d23d621917c20367eb	Fixed in 6e152cbfac3a2a62f79df7d23d621917c20367eb
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 3d20cd049fc5f51f80e24a2db7a3cf00593c79e4	Fixed in 3d20cd049fc5f51f80e24a2db7a3cf00593c79e4
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 3b8a540b36aa064822c701e4e0a1dea2cd4ec5b0	Fixed in 3b8a540b36aa064822c701e4e0a1dea2cd4ec5b0
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ 22d8de62f11b287b279f1d4473a78c7d5e53e7bc, < 2f0c97b1a32fba8e81a69f6231aa0b3c9b6bc581	Fixed in 2f0c97b1a32fba8e81a69f6231aa0b3c9b6bc581

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: control: Don't add invalid kcontrols to LED layer The kcontrol LED state layer tries to track the all associated kcontrol elements with naive assumptions that they are readable. But one can create a write-only element that has no get callback (even a user element can do it), and this may lead to a NULL dereference at the call chain of snd_ctl_led_notify(), as found by syzkaller. For avoiding the Oops, add a sanity check of the kcontrol's info and get callbacks, and just skip the invalid kcontrols before assigning the kctl to the LED layer.

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