CVE-2026-46178 (GCVE-0-2026-46178)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-28 09:36 – Updated: 2026-10-19 19:36
VLAI
Title
RDMA/mlx4: Fix resource leak on error in mlx4_ib_create_srq()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/mlx4: Fix resource leak on error in mlx4_ib_create_srq() Sashiko points out that mlx4_srq_alloc() was not undone during error unwind, add the missing call to mlx4_srq_free().
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 15:20 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-772 - Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7034 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < 53fd4c03558672ccb167754fbacbf045c7ab335c (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < 0be6ae614ca7fa53e7389e3c7462ed20abbd4192 (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < 5b3b220d54e6a3d77380cb7caa1ef79cb8f4fc94 (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < c5dc30da990045105c9762248d23076223e7878a (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < 0dbd619716fb07b7de1acd64fec673ee6e1adde7 (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < e01b8c9286c470b71a38acd320106f2c4f2826a1 (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < 388617f44d81604a760742a0b5de292d411e63e3 (git)
Affected: 225c7b1feef1b41170f7037a5b10a65cd8a42c54 , < c54c7e4cb679c0aaa1cb489b9c3f2cd98e63a44c (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.22
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.22 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.258 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.209 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.175 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.140 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.88 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.30 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.7 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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