CVE-2026-46012
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix memory leaks in rxkad_verify_response() Fix rxkad_verify_response() to free the ticket and the server key under all circumstances by initialising the ticket pointer to NULL…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix memory leaks in rxkad_verify_response() Fix rxkad_verify_response() to free the ticket and the server key under all circumstances by initialising the ticket pointer to NULL and then making all paths through the function after the first allocation has been done go through a single common epilogue that just releases everything - where all the releases skip on a NULL pointer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.12% probability · 2th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f61a07e0cdefaecd3ec03bb5fb22215643678fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852b9d64cea421336579b2de3d1338dfa677e2ddPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/861b9a0a1823bf064a7b810d29502a9ef043f40fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b8f32e73eafd4a5076be890c7c8506ec04567cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91f33fb8356dedc82bc56ce210f1a5dbee62a52Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.