CVE-2026-45981

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 2.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-27 12:18Z3 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-06-01 16:16Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-05-13

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-911Improper Update of Reference CountBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9b69654a9175272edc2e8fcb3483c45b2fe53e72ea9faac43fb81d64cb8ac54d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb6e07f46a740cda4f07d1b561ae4eaa7a1df42
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f96c5ccf95ae5f27218c1ce2d6a3ad2d3e105424
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6715560527e343a387e4a0d2e6c401748e89fa55
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35cfbb5341ba05ad1b4476ffc3c21cc3ff8f603
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65c75b0b9b5a390bc3beadcde0a6fbc3ad118f7