{"id":"CVE-2026-46221","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"EDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nEDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak\n\nThe device name allocated via kzalloc() in init_one_mc() is assigned to\ndev->init_name but never freed on the normal removal path.  device_register()\ncopies init_name and then sets dev->init_name to NULL, so the name pointer\nbecomes unreachable from the device. Thus leaking memory.\n\nUse a stack-local char array instead of using kzalloc() for name.","publishedAt":"2026-05-28T09:40:36.679Z","updatedAt":"2026-06-14T18:03:43.057Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.18","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.32","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:07.131Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/46xxx/CVE-2026-46221.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-46221","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-05-28T09:40:36.679Z","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T18:03:43.057Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-05-13T15:03:33.106Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"EDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nEDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak\n\nThe device name allocated via kzalloc() in init_one_mc() is assigned to\ndev->init_name but never freed on the normal removal path.  device_register()\ncopies init_name and then sets dev->init_name to NULL, so the name pointer\nbecomes unreachable from the device. Thus leaking memory.\n\nUse a stack-local char array instead of using kzalloc() for name."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a","versionType":"git"},{"version":"d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984","status":"affected","lessThan":"8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.18","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.32","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.0.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/edac/versalnet_edac.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-06-14T18:03:43.057Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.32"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.0.9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.18","versionEndExcluding":"7.1"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}