CVE-2026-46177

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 28, 2026 (43 days ago)
Last Modified: May 28, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) driver. This vulnerability allows a malfunctioning Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) to cause the IPMI driver to continuously fetch events and messages, or become stuck if the attention bit remains active. This can lead to the driver becoming unresponsive, potentially resulting in a denial of service for the system.

CWE

CWE-835

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org