Use After Free Affecting kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_78-default package, versions <1-150700.15.3.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELLIVEPATCH6401507005378DEFAULT-19280892
  • published27 Aug 2026
  • disclosed25 Aug 2026

Introduced: 25 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-46180  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_78-default to version 1-150700.15.3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_78-default package and not the kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_78-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

wifi: brcmfmac: Fix potential use-after-free issue when stopping watchdog task

Watchdog task might end between send_sig() and kthread_stop() calls, what results in the use-after-free issue. Fix this by increasing watchdog task reference count before calling send_sig() and dropping it by switching to kthread_stop_put().

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1