PT-2026-43864 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2
CVE-2026-45997
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Published
2026-05-27
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Updated
2026-08-25
CVSS v3.1
5.5
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A reference-count leak occurs in the SCSI subsystem. When the
device add(&disk dev) function fails, put device() triggers scsi disk release(), which frees the scsi disk but fails to release the gendisk reference. This results in a missing put disk() call during the cleanup process.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu