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CVE-2026-46075

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-416 Use After Free
Publication date:
27/05/2026
Last modified:
24/06/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path<br /> <br /> Unregister the hwrng to prevent new -&gt;read() calls and flush the Atmel<br /> I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued<br /> callback runs while the device is being removed.<br /> <br /> Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and<br /> -&gt;hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.80
Severity 3.x
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.3 (including) 6.1.175 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.2 (including) 6.6.140 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.7 (including) 6.12.86 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.13 (including) 6.18.27 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.19 (including) 7.0.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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