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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: EDAC/versalnet: Fix device name memory leak The device name allocated via kzalloc() in init_one_mc() is assigned to dev->init_name but never freed on the normal removal path. device_register() copies init_name and then sets dev->init_name to NULL, so the name pointer becomes unreachable from the device. Thus leaking memory. Use a stack-local char array instead of using kzalloc() for name.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-13 | Published 2026-05-28 | Updated 2026-05-28 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 (git) before 24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf
affected

d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 (git) before b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a
affected

d5fe2fec6c40dda03df8cc9b4a97de0b7e39f984 (git) before 8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1
affected

Default status
affected

6.18
affected

Any version before 6.18
unaffected

6.18.32 (semver)
unaffected

7.0.9 (semver)
unaffected

7.1-rc3 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/24d2912962d087ebff7c4984f8ac34a5f23c8dbf

git.kernel.org/...c/b16033c8774f5fb4c0cb9b445a1dfc68f499ae6a

git.kernel.org/...c/8cf5dd235eff6008cb04c3d8064d2acfa90616f1

cve.org (CVE-2026-46221)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-46221)

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