Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46060

Vulnerability identifier: #VU132435

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46060

CWE-ID: CWE-404

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper resource shutdown in IRQ handler cleanup in the qat driver when handling a device probe failure after partial initialization. A local user can trigger a probe failure after adf_dev_up() partially completes to cause a denial of service.

The issue occurs because IRQ handlers can remain attached while MSI-X vectors are released during devres cleanup.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-27.27
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-27.27.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1007.7
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1007.7
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1008.8
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27f561bf894e46bdc2d6209c50884adad79d8277
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cd651f1357dcc477e6483c3a4706836b46bdc92
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95aed2af87ec43fa7624cc81dd13d37824ad4972

• Improper resource shutdown or release in Linux kernel qat qat_6xxx driver
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-raspi
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure