In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: Fix bridge reference leak in nv1a_ram_new() pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() takes a reference to the PCI device, which is never released once the memory size has been read from its config space. Drop the reference before returning.

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Nouveau graphics driver. The driver fails to properly release a reference to a PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) bridge device after querying its configuration space during initialization. A local user could exploit this flaw during device setup or binding to cause a kernel resource leak, potentially leading to a Denial of Service (DoS).

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not affected openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Not affected openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 Not affected openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98516 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98516 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98516.mbox