CVE-2026-46075 | crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path Unregister the hwrng to prevent new ->read() calls and flush the Atmel I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued callback runs while the device is being removed. Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and ->hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-46075 is rated Low Risk (7/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 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-2026-46075

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 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.17% +0.15%
2 2026-05-28 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-46075

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-46075

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-46075

GHSA-66q3-24gv-6744 · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix...

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-46075

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2026-46075 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 3, open 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46075
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46075
suse https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46075/
ubuntu medium CVE-2026-46075 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 169, needed 116, released 84, not-affected 23, pending 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-46075

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-46075

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References for CVE-2026-46075

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