CVE-2026-46103 can: ucan: fix devres lifetime

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A memory leak in the Linux kernel CAN driver can lead to resource exhaustion and denial of service when drivers are unbound.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2026-46103?

CVE-2026-46103 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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:

can: ucan: fix devres lifetime

USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than parent USB device. This avoids issues like memory leaks when drivers are unbound without their devices being physically disconnected (e.g. on probe deferral or configuration changes).

Fix the control message buffer lifetime so that it is released on driver unbind.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46103?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-46103?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2026-46103 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46103 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as AZL-88472, BELL-CVE-2026-46103, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46103, GHSA-m45c-8x83-q7fx, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-46103, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-46103 and 3 more.

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