5.5

CVE-2026-45941: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumUndergoing analysis
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45941DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45941
Published 27-05-2026Last modified 27-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-45941 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 38 · Related 38
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1SUSE-SU-2026:23193-1SUSE-SU-2026:23194-1SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1

Timeline

  1. 27-05-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: tpm_i2c_infineon: Fix locality leak on get_burstcount() failure get_burstcount() can return -EBUSY on timeout. When this happens, the function returns directly without releasing the locality that was acquired at the beginning of tpm_tis_i2c_send(). Use goto out_err to ensure proper cleanup when get_burstcount() fails.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.12% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.16%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-186.196 | < 6.8.0-134.134
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1112.119 | < 6.8.0-1060.63
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < 8f124c5582d443ac9fb690db26d08cab5d6ba76e | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < c24c9c4cab11858f22f309521ba7ea5b1e7385f2 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < 1bb8f8826d0748b4b92a98fb6b6dfe52081739f5 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < 948966e546f29af04391d98b8e378e4a7670c1c1 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < a61b8412e3eb8b71646dba867e8252d8560a1a27 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < 1a22048c1117cdfac185ba450aba67ed6b65dc87 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < 2f7a665e1323359d99c74301d1e180f5e2c40181 | ≥ aad628c1d91a6db57e572e4c1f35e863d81061d7, < bbd6e97c836cbeb9606d7b7e5dcf8a1d89525713 | 3.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.7, < 5.10.252 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.202 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.165 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.128 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.75 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.14 | ≥ 6.19, < 6.19.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.170-1 | < 6.12.85-1 | < 6.18.14-1

3 vendors · 160 products

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