CVE-2026-46042

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-27. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/mempolicy: fix memory leaks in weighted_interleave_auto_store()

weighted_interleave_auto_store() fetches old_wi_state inside the if (!input) block only. This causes two memory leaks:

  • When a user writes "false" and the current mode is already manual,
the function returns early without freeing the freshly allocated new_wi_state.
  • When a user writes "true", old_wi_state stays NULL because the
fetch is skipped entirely. The old state is then overwritten by rcu_assign_pointer() but never freed, since the cleanup path is gated on old_wi_state being non-NULL. A user can trigger this repeatedly by writing "1" in a loop.

Fix both leaks by moving the old_wi_state fetch before the input check, making it unconditional. This also allows a unified early return for both "true" and "false" when the requested mode matches the current mode.

Reviewed by: Donet Tom

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 27, 2026

Last Modified

June 16, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

mm/mempolicy: fix memory leaks in weighted_interleave_auto_store() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42a7efb9060d89b72708ffaf255d0002c2164a7
generic

mm/mempolicy: fix memory leaks in weighted_interleave_auto_store() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fae274ce0e3109cbbc4c18b354eaace1f0af7d7
generic

mm/mempolicy: fix memory leaks in weighted_interleave_auto_store() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39caa9ca863f96b3d00447c5aa200cabda489856

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-46042(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-26.04-edge (7.0.0-27.27) @ resolute2026-09-14ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-7.0 (7.0.0-1008.8) @ resolute2026-09-14ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-7.0 (7.0.0-1014.14) @ resolute2026-09-14ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04-edge (7.0.0-1013.13) @ resolute2026-09-14ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (7.0.0-28.28~24.04.1) @ noble2026-09-14ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-7.0 (7.0.0-1009.9) @ resolute2026-09-14ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 6.18.27—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.4-1~bpo13+1 (134 versions)7.0.4-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

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All Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-46042?
CVE-2026-46042 is a medium vulnerability published on May 27, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix memory leaks in weightedinterleaveauto_store() weightedinterleaveautostore() fetches oldwi_state inside the if (!input) block only. This causes two memory leaks: 1. When a user writes "false" and the current mode…
When was CVE-2026-46042 disclosed?
CVE-2026-46042 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 27, 2026, with the most recent update on June 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-46042 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-46042 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-46042?
CVE-2026-46042 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-46042?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-46042, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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