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CVE-2026-46038 (GCVE-0-2026-46038)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:56 – Updated: 2026-06-19 11:59
VLAI
Title
net: qrtr: ns: Free the node during ctrl_cmd_bye()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: qrtr: ns: Free the node during ctrl_cmd_bye() A node sends the BYE packet when it is about to go down. So the nameserver should advertise the removal of the node to all remote and local observers and free the node finally. But currently, the nameserver doesn't free the node memory even after processing the BYE packet. This causes the node memory to leak. Hence, remove the node from Xarray list and free the node memory during both success and failure case of ctrl_cmd_bye().
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 6c9cca46acb6f22e63f015ea7b2ed6032d2badf5 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < a5a454f3364877b22f0e5a165df8b3702ff96ae7 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 25d580a46b079a7963ff024a5195e547baf12b64 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < ff78ed177a66763085e3214d6fbe13ca8f0b3f11 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 65932f5102bb5377db36c8a4f0c28179a1967a9a (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 154fc7fe3f62c46891c3c4302f4b5b5391c932e6 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 076e4b162d6caba12c229e7f262df5b6881162b0 (git)
Affected: 0c2204a4ad710d95d348ea006f14ba926e842ffd , < 68efba36446a7774ea5b971257ade049272a07ac (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.259 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.210 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.176 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.86 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.27 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.4 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-46038.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-09-11T01:13:06Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2026-46038",
      "id": "CVE-2026-46038",
      "initial_release_date": "2026-05-28T03:53:54Z",
      "product_status:first_fixed": "2",
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      "product_status:known_not_affected": "175",
      "product_status:recommended": "254",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2026-46038",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2026-46038.json",
      "version": "12"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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