PT-2026-61496 · Linux · Linux Kernel

CVE-2026-64179 · Published 2026-07-19 · Updated 2026-07-19

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak exists in the net: wwan: iosm component. The issue occurs within the ipc imem init() function, where memory allocated by the ipc protocol init() function is not properly freed when following error paths.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-64179

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64179 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f63a60580ebdd9a1f22f89a84814d1fefe16b1c · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f764a7810a9f114313c439d25b11f4417c6e0dd · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/583fd5a8fc797c8ecf2e1a7b923740c5e5734e85 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2078953293842182514 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2078951952503714010 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5d93b2c40355e999715262a824965aac025a427 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6d8643019c33428f7c0658863e80e0b04a70f4 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1a4d57847813fae42fbb7eb35f2dd48b9cff8a9 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb6dbb49c96be82f07c7b112e3ebc3e6fdd8dd5 · Note