CVE-2026-46044 | ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread on errors

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.

Published: 2026-05-27 Last update: 2026-06-01 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-46044 is rated Low Risk (4.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-46044

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-28 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-46044

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-46044

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46044

GHSA-9g3m-jq99-wvqp · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi:ssif: Clean up kthread...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46044

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-46044 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 3, resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46044
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46044
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46044/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46044 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1422 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, questing, resolute, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1024, ignored 172, needed 135, released 84, pending 6, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46044

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46044

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References for CVE-2026-46044

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