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CVE-2026-43419

medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leaks in ceph_mdsc_build_path() Add __putname() calls to error code path…

Vendor / product: Linux — linux kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leaks in ceph_mdsc_build_path() Add __putname() calls to error code paths that did not free the "path" pointer obtained by __getname(). If ownership of this pointer is not passed to the caller via path_info.path, the function must free it before returning.

CVSS
5.5
5.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-05-08 15:16
Modified: 2026-10-30 13:18
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 3 days ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

linux / linux_kernel ≥5.10.234 <5.11, ≥5.15.177 <5.16, ≥6.1.125 <6.2, ≥6.6 <6.6.130, ≥6.7 <6.12.78, ≥6.13 <6.18.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040d159a45ded7f33201421a81df0aa2a86e5a0b
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097cd68f46686391a98f2618188f0cb7b7570de2
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13b8b9d6f59ef17fb96c298c3a0d62a8306950cc
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5895d0164c84d7fec6abc198920c257f55c51899
Patch / mitigation: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/657dc653b06a3cc0282aea447a3f137fa94066a4

References

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 13:38 UTC · record ↗

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