CVE-2026-43317
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-401
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: most: core: fix leak on early registration failure A recent commit fixed a resource leak on early registration failures but for some reason left out the first error path which still leaks the resources associated with the interface. Fix up also the first error path so that the interface is always released on errors.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c198c272f9c9213b0fdf6b4a879f445c574f416 ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c198c272f9c9213b0fdf6b4a879f445c574f416Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fd4396c2e48e90cc2597a86c18227d56ea845f0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbfe49ffb892bddf32c34bea95b7ff0fc30affb5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1ba620f9e8d7291f80c0554e4b820f5fb30e819Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04474009a2ea7aa27c67d323952a23bb16d5acc5