CVE-2026-46044 ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors

What is CVE-2026-46044?

CVE-2026-46044 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 May 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors

If an error occurs after the ssif kthread is created, but before the main IPMI code starts the ssif interface, the ssif kthread will not be stopped.

So make sure the kthread is stopped on an error condition if it is running.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46044?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-46044?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-46044 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46044 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

• CVE-2026-53266 Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-88500, BELL-CVE-2026-46044, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46044, GHSA-9g3m-jq99-wvqp, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-46044, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-46044 and 4 more.