Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46125
Published: May 29, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU133060
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46125
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in debugfs when handling failed connection preparation for mlo connections. A local user can trigger connection preparation failure and access the affected debugfs state to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs when debugfs is enabled and an interface is reset from mld to non-mld, which recreates its debugfs entries.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46125
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c2b72ea89882aeb948340498391e69c58d466f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/283fc9e44ff5b5ac967439b4951b80bd4299f4e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e28654f79f443bca9b29ff3ae7cf18abfba58a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afcbaed89cdc1a001b43270cbf5394bb4804270a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe75fa1ac9a92990f7fc3d34b17808fd933071b2