CVE-2026-46171

Summary

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

riscv: kvm: fix vector context allocation leak

When the second kzalloc (host_context.vector.datap) fails in kvm_riscv_vcpu_alloc_vector_context, the first allocation (guest_context.vector.datap) is leaked. Free it before returning.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux0f4b82579716b12bb88257bd7ea80f25c791fb2c < bd62c0f61bc722a097417401030c596cea8e21aaaffected
LinuxLinux0f4b82579716b12bb88257bd7ea80f25c791fb2c < 1d57ab45ec5c0e22789de793bcf2a31ad6fb7d98affected
LinuxLinux0f4b82579716b12bb88257bd7ea80f25c791fb2c < b7c958d7c1eb1cb9b2be7b5ee4129fcd66cec978affected
LinuxLinux6.5affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.5unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.30 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.7 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

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