CVE-2026-46096

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's tpm2-sessions component. The tpm2readpublic function fails to properly destroy a buffer on certain exit paths, leading to a page allocation leak. This resource exhaustion could allow a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service DoS...

CVE-2026-46096

CVE-2026-46096 affects the Linux kernel TPM subsystem. The root cause is a leak in tpm2_read_public where tpm_buf_destroy() is missing on two exit paths after tpm_buf_init(), leaking a page allocation. The fix adds missing tpm_buf_destroy() calls on those exit paths, correcting both the error pat...