CVE-2026-46005

MediumCVSS 5.5

Published: 27/05/2026(UTC)Updated: 19/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 20/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability related to a resource leak in the xfs_alloc_buftarg() function has been fixed. In the error path, fs_put_dax() is called to drop the DAX device reference.

Risk Assessment

Resource leaks can lead to inefficient memory management, which may affect system stability in the long run.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix a resource leak in xfs_alloc_buftarg() In the error path, call fs_put_dax() to drop the DAX device reference.