Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46139
Published: May 29, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU133055
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-2026-46139
CWE-ID: CWE-908
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 uninitialized memory in build_sec_desc() when building an ACL descriptor. A local user can trigger construction of a security descriptor with a non-zero reserved field to cause a denial of service.
The issue can cause chmod to fail with EINVAL when the malformed security descriptor is rejected.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46139
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3ed344a970aad51388ac3b0145b98318f0e21f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e489c6c47a2ac15edbaca153b9348e42c1eacab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/941a1e6eb35440336913afc88a82103291956d5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdb2ca31368b7671949dfb94a5d57ffccd01edd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be1ef9512a3f5a755895c24f31b334342f4aa15b