{"id":"CVE-2026-46098","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-46098","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:08:06.836Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: caif: clear client service pointer on teardown `caif_connect()` can tear down an existing client after remote shutdown by calling `caif_disconnect_client()` followed by…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: caif: clear client service pointer on teardown\n\n`caif_connect()` can tear down an existing client after remote shutdown by\ncalling `caif_disconnect_client()` followed by `caif_free_client()`.\n`caif_free_client()` releases the service layer referenced by\n`adap_layer->dn`, but leaves that pointer stale.\n\nWhen the socket is later destroyed, `caif_sock_destructor()` calls\n`caif_free_client()` again and dereferences the freed service pointer.\n\nClear the client/service links before releasing the service object so\nrepeated teardown becomes harmless.","published":"2026-05-27T14:17:31.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-25T21:17:49.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00123,"percentile":0.02027,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ac6db584d9d420267bb8413115707eeec76d9cf","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63d21a3aa0108b9dde4e99b0d3d5d679ac68c0f9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ef97d4675b05a103648bd9244d91dff7d8c08b0","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/914c6456fcfc21a3d553945dff62fd1621d6155d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b191ddc12c55ddb62feb096536f819f384d6f1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cffca7a18b8f9de7c3d3013a1f5740c412b2a501","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e16859f3f4426fa349bc5519d582a93d28f5a15d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7cf8ece8cee3c1ee361991470cdb1eb65ab02e8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46098","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}