CVE-2026-43396
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/sync: Fix user fence leak on alloc failure When dma_fence_chain_alloc() fails, properly release the user fence reference to prevent a memory leak. (cherry picked from commit a5d5634cde48a9fcd68c8504aa07f89f175074a0)
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-05-08 15:16:51.010000
Last modified
2026-11-06 16:18:37.757000
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