CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64179

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a memory leak was found in the iosm WWAN driver in the ipc_imem_init() function. Memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init() is not freed on error paths, potentially leading to resource exhaustion.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves gradual depletion of system memory when initialization errors occur, which can cause system instability or denial of service (DoS).

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds ipc_protocol_deinit() calls on error paths in ipc_imem_init().

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() The memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init() is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipc_imem_init(). Fix that by calling the corresponding release function ipc_protocol_deinit() in the error path.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS