CVE-2026-45964

MEDIUM EPSS 5.6%
Published May 27, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published May 27, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: fix gss_auth kref leak in gss_alloc_msg error path Commit 5940d1cf9f42 ("SUNRPC: Rebalance a kref in auth_gss.c") added a kref_get(&gss_auth->kref) call to balance the gss_put_auth() done in gss_release_msg(), but forgot to add a corresponding kref_put() on the error path when kstrdup_const() fails. If service_name is non-NULL and kstrdup_const() fails, the function jumps to err_put_pipe_version which calls put_pipe_version() and kfree(gss_msg), but never releases the gss_auth reference. This leads to a kref leak where the gss_auth structure is never freed. Add a forward declaration for gss_free_callback() and call kref_put() in the err_put_pipe_version error path to properly release the reference taken earlier.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
5.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-401

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.2  –  <5.10.252
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.202
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.165
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.128
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.18.14
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.19  –  <6.19.4

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b2b6c42070ce4204936288253baf101e995c2d3
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  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655c9ba9915f05266998dbbf4b76b3c79b8a70aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bc9561b617ec7e2d09e6c134d1db8fcf9ca4a6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d4e9a76de0b2178001214ba5de5bf94a7354aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b559be2ec6cdb2e9c2c36c23fbbd4690d8a5c3f7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c20f925214249bb4fc04f7e197bea142a6438af6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd2fdc3504592d85e549c523b054898a036a6afe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e464e26b2457005c87e158570498274b9f3b90c7
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b2b6c42070ce4204936288253baf101e995c2d3
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/655c9ba9915f05266998dbbf4b76b3c79b8a70aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bc9561b617ec7e2d09e6c134d1db8fcf9ca4a6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d4e9a76de0b2178001214ba5de5bf94a7354aa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b559be2ec6cdb2e9c2c36c23fbbd4690d8a5c3f7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c20f925214249bb4fc04f7e197bea142a6438af6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd2fdc3504592d85e549c523b054898a036a6afe
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e464e26b2457005c87e158570498274b9f3b90c7
    Patch