What is CVE-2026-46179?

CVE-2026-46179 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1 onward and patched in 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88 and others. CVE-2026-46179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-46179?

CVE-2026-46179 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46179?

Yes, CVE-2026-46179 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-46179 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-46179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-46179

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Don't allow pointer operations on unconfigured streams When reporting the pointer for a compressed stream we report the current I/O frame position by dividing the position by the number of channels multiplied by the number of container bytes. These values default to 0 and are only configured as part of setting the stream parameters so this allows a divide by zero to be configured. Validate that they are non zero, returning an error if not

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-05-28

Last modified 2026-06-11

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88, 6.18.30, 7.0.7, 7.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.175 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.140 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.88 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.30 6.18.x ✓ 7.0.7 7.0.x ✓ 7.1

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f0c0c1397a42aacaacae828206ee1b921623952

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327a64241f30c74b6f35537eb9e1fc6c3cbe060b

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f42dd01f5217465f23a763e27b3984e114d0972

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76ff6bfc9a809571793f425ba99f6a759108dcf8

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98ed1383f597f8a45b6cb816bb20b96d46eeceda

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-46179

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-05-28

Modified 2026-06-11

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46179?

CVE-2026-46179 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1 onward and has been patched in 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88 and others. CVE-2026-46179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-46179?

CVE-2026-46179 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-46179?

Yes. CVE-2026-46179 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.175, 6.6.140, 6.12.88 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-46179 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-46179 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.