{"cve":"CVE-2026-45926","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-27T14:17:08.473","modified":"2026-06-25T12:41:36.450","status":"Undergoing Analysis","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nrust: pwm: Fix potential memory leak on init error\n\nWhen initializing a PWM chip using pwmchip_alloc(), the allocated device\nowns an initial reference that must be released on all error paths.\n\nIf __pinned_init() were to fail, the allocated pwm_chip would currently\nleak because the error path returns without calling pwmchip_put().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2633dc243c35754a0c2270131d8a199c987c9bf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baa8b7097d9cc68ff85819cf683972a58c2ce32b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-45926","score":0.00113,"percentile":0.01387,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}