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CVE-2026-46221

EDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak The device name allocated via kzalloc() in init_one_mc() is assigned to dev->init_name but never freed on the normal removal path. device_register() copies init_name and then sets dev->init_name to NULL, so the name pointer becomes unreachable from the device. Thus leaking memory. Use a stack-local char array instead of using kzalloc() for name.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to < 24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbfaffected
  • d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to < b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6aaffected
  • d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 to < 8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.18affected
  • 0 to < 6.18unaffected
  • 6.18.32 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.9 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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