VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-46075

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.13%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-05-27
Last modified2026-06-24
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path Unregister the hwrng to prevent new ->read() calls and flush the Atmel I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued callback runs while the device is being removed. Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and ->hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-416

Primary references