Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 27, 2026· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2026-45997
CVE-2026-45997
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
scsi: sd: fix missing put_disk() when device_add(&disk_dev) fails
If device_add(&sdkp->disk_dev) fails, put_device() runs scsi_disk_release(), which frees the scsi_disk but leaves the gendisk referenced. The device_add_disk() error path in sd_probe() calls put_disk(gd); call put_disk(gd) here to mirror that cleanup.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=4.4.288,<4.5
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e550fbfccdb311e76ec96892dfe35f0dba0657nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e111c4b3a726df1254670a5cc4868cedb946d37nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/262152ec37101f9dc524743ccdbd6c7641d14573nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c2c14b7dfccad8c5a28802849e40c21252e4c28nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a95d38c5701431bfc826e7b18acc0785919d5c88nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64b4f499801b12d0e2785447e4df6c164c608a9nvdPatch
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