Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-46241

HighUpdated

Published: 28 May 2026

Published
28 May 2026
Modified
10 June 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0013 2.5th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-46241 is a high-severity Use After Free (CWE-416) vulnerability in Linux Linux Kernel. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 2.5th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

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Vulnerability details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: mpc52xx: fix use-after-free on registration failure Make sure to disable and free the interrupts in case controller registration fails to avoid a potential use-after-free and resource leak. This issue…

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was flagged by Sashiko when reviewing a controller deregistration fix.

CWE(s)
CWE-416

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
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Why these techniques?

Kernel UAF in device driver registration enables local privilege escalation via memory corruption exploitation.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

Affected Assets

linux
linux kernel
2.6.33 — 6.12.90 · 6.13 — 6.18.32 · 6.19 — 7.0.9

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-16 Memory Protection
addresses: CWE-416

Use-after-free exploits that achieve arbitrary code execution are blocked or significantly hardened by non-executable pages and ASLR.

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