CVE-2026-46171
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: kvm: fix vector context allocation leak When the second kzalloc (host_context.vector.datap) fails in kvm_riscv_vcpu_alloc_vector_context, the first allocation (guest_context.vector.datap) is leaked. Free it before returning.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or โ if you've already worked around this in production โ publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
โ Propose a mitigation on Community โ Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 7.0.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 7.0.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | affected | |
| sles | affected | |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d57ab45ec5c0e22789de793bcf2a31ad6fb7d98
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7c958d7c1eb1cb9b2be7b5ee4129fcd66cec978
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd62c0f61bc722a097417401030c596cea8e21aa
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46171
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46171.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.