{"id":"CVE-2026-46162","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-46162","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T13:12:04.008Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path When auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to aux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev).","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix double free in ice_sf_eth_activate() error path\n\nWhen auxiliary_device_add() fails, ice_sf_eth_activate() jumps to\naux_dev_uninit and calls auxiliary_device_uninit(&sf_dev->adev).\n\nThe device release callback ice_sf_dev_release() frees sf_dev, but\nthe current error path falls through to sf_dev_free and calls\nkfree(sf_dev) again, causing a double free.\n\nKeep kfree(sf_dev) for the auxiliary_device_init() failure path, but\navoid falling through to sf_dev_free after auxiliary_device_uninit().","published":"2026-05-28T10:16:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:53:12.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-415"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00138,"percentile":0.03153,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.14%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121d1f253aed515cd85748f68c664a6cb756e8ad","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ca30340b5028ddc3f17086a538feeff06167b1b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9aab1c3d7299285e2569cbc0ed5892d631a241b2","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c6a4816609f145ffcc74e64baa214c571c17c6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46162","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."}