CVE-2026-45986: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccree - fix a memory leak in cc_mac_digest() Add cc_unmap_result() if cc_map_hash_request_final() fails to prevent potential memory leak.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.17, before 5.10.258 (fixed in 5.10.258); from 5.11, before 5.15.209 (fixed in 5.15.209); from 5.16, before 6.1.175 (fixed in 6.1.175); from 6.2, before 6.6.140 (fixed in 6.6.140); from 6.7, before 6.12.86 (fixed in 6.12.86); from 6.13, before 6.18.27 (fixed in 6.18.27); …

Published 2026-05-27. Last modified 2026-06-17.