Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-45868
Published: May 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132616
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-45868
CWE-ID: CWE-772
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a reference count leak in pcs_add_gpio_func() when parsing phandle arguments. A local user can trigger repeated processing of crafted device tree data to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-45868
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/191bfd5710d6a7f48ba4315d8d3e908dcc15243c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353353309b0f7afa407df29e455f9d15b5acc296
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e3b28bb0b6ddc521a4fdd1c1ba0d35017a0796b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456a60d06c09a92680dc35fabca68024badcc28e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b9e84d27e310f22c4ba45fedbc4f5baf43dd823
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7814b1431848854b56717086e2b61bea3c59753d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99cc7352156c65201c675f750e0e77c4c73d93f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2e367e56bacb93ce5ac73f0b3297d5c83d38dd4