CVE-2026-23028

Linux Kernel 6.13-6.18.6 - Memory Leak in KVM IPI Device Destruction

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Fix kvm_device leak in kvm_ipi_destroy() In kvm_ioctl_create_device(), kvm_device has allocated memory, kvm_device->destroy() seems to be supposed to free its kvm_device struct, but kvm_ipi_destroy() is not currently doing this, that would lead to a memory leak. So, fix it.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5defcc2f9c22e6e09b5be68234ad10f4ba0292b7

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf58cb7288a4d3de6d8ecbb3a65928a9362bf21

Scores

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 1.6%

Details

Status published

Products (7)

linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.7linux

Linux/Linux < 6.13

Linux/Linux 6.13

Linux/Linux 6.18.7 - 6.18.*

Linux/Linux 6.19

Linux/Linux c532de5a67a70f8533d495f8f2aaa9a0491c3ad0 - 0bf58cb7288a4d3de6d8ecbb3a65928a9362bf21

Linux/Linux c532de5a67a70f8533d495f8f2aaa9a0491c3ad0 - 5defcc2f9c22e6e09b5be68234ad10f4ba0292b7

Published Jan 31, 2026

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026