CVE-2026-46246

medium Red Hat
Published: June 3, 2026 (37 days ago)
Last Modified: June 3, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `pm8916_lbc` power supply driver. A race condition during device removal can cause a 'use-after-free' vulnerability, where the system attempts to access memory that has already been deallocated. This can lead to system instability, including crashes, effectively causing a Denial of Service (DoS). A local attacker could potentially exploit this issue.

CWE

CWE-825

Affected Products

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

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