CVE-2026-46044
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors If an error occurs after the ssif kthread is created, but before the main IPMI code starts the ssif interface, the ssif kthread will not be stopped. So make sure the kthread is stopped on an error condition if it is running.
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/549607af66a0efdb41307ba6343eed31de8b133e ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549607af66a0efdb41307ba6343eed31de8b133ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c486cb1bcaa1a3ec3a6438498176a3a4998ae4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800febc637d1c1974b1e899dea8a07e115d60766Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858bc8b9edb6eaf0522900128bb9053e2df6b0f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2d0a3ede5ebf404d4c334a1f04ef439e0086857Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e662be2d0d05253d0fd7deda9771aa036c23393e