PT-2026-43879 · Linux · Linux

Published 2026-05-27 · Updated 2026-05-27 · CVE-2026-46012

NVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

rxrpc: Fix memory leaks in rxkad verify response()

Fix rxkad verify response() to free the ticket and the server key under all circumstances by initialising the ticket pointer to NULL and then making all paths through the function after the first allocation has been done go through a single common epilogue that just releases everything - where all the releases skip on a NULL pointer.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-46012

Affected Products

Linux

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46012 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b8f32e73eafd4a5076be890c7c8506ec04567c · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91f33fb8356dedc82bc56ce210f1a5dbee62a52 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/861b9a0a1823bf064a7b810d29502a9ef043f40f · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f61a07e0cdefaecd3ec03bb5fb22215643678f · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852b9d64cea421336579b2de3d1338dfa677e2dd · Note