UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46221
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.
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03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46221
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8566-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8568-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8569-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8593-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8603-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8618-1
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46221