Medium 5.5Published May 27, 2026

CVE-2026-46012rxrpc: Fix memory leaks in rxkad_verify_response()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 4:10 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 14, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from ec832bd06d6fdf08b0455ab7c2a7a9104e029638 before c4b8f32e73eafd4a5076be890c7c8506ec04567c; from ec832bd06d6fdf08b0455ab7c2a7a9104e029638 before 852b9d64cea421336579b2de3d1338dfa677e2dd; from ec832bd06d6fdf08b0455ab7c2a7a9104e029638 before 861b9a0a1823bf064a7b810d29502a9ef043f40f; from ec832bd06d6fdf08b0455ab7c2a7a9104e029638 before c91f33fb8356dedc82bc56ce210f1a5dbee62a52; from ec832bd06d6fdf08b0455ab7c2a7a9104e029638 before 34f61a07e0cdefaecd3ec03bb5fb22215643678f	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.11 before 6.6.140; from 6.7 before 6.12.86; from 6.13 before 6.18.27; from 6.19 before 7.0.4	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4b8f32e73eafd4a5076be890c7c8506ec04567c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/852b9d64cea421336579b2de3d1338dfa677e2dd	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/861b9a0a1823bf064a7b810d29502a9ef043f40f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c91f33fb8356dedc82bc56ce210f1a5dbee62a52	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34f61a07e0cdefaecd3ec03bb5fb22215643678f	patch

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