Medium severity · published May 27, 2026
CVE-2026-46044
ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors
If an error occurs after the ssif kthread is created, but before the
main IPMI code starts the ssif interface, the ssif kthread will not
be stopped.
So make sure the kthread is stopped on an error condition if it is
running.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
3.19 before 5.10.258; 5.11 before 5.15.209; 5.16 before 6.18.27; 6.19 before 7.0.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before 549607af66a0efdb41307ba6343eed31de8b133e; 259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before f2d0a3ede5ebf404d4c334a1f04ef439e0086857; 259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before e662be2d0d05253d0fd7deda9771aa036c23393e; 259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before d6855a3b15851061c817506492b6aa0b605cff1e; 259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before 858bc8b9edb6eaf0522900128bb9053e2df6b0f6; 259307074bfcf1ff88016e12c68f057aee6cb694 before 800febc637d1c1974b1e899dea8a07e115d60766; +2 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46044
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46044
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/549607af66a0efdb41307ba6343eed31de8b133e
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75c486cb1bcaa1a3ec3a6438498176a3a4998ae4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800febc637d1c1974b1e899dea8a07e115d60766
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/858bc8b9edb6eaf0522900128bb9053e2df6b0f6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6855a3b15851061c817506492b6aa0b605cff1e
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e662be2d0d05253d0fd7deda9771aa036c23393e
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