CVE-2026-23260: regmap: maple: free entry on mas_store_gfp() failure
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 811b45e2d795d955bb7fd9c816b40036f4fde350, d61171cf097156030142643942c217759a9cc806, f08f2d2907675926ac5657b25f86d921f269602a.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 811b45e2d795d955bb7fd9c816b40036f4fde350, d61171cf097156030142643942c217759a9cc806, f08f2d2907675926ac5657b25f86d921f269602a or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: regmap: maple: free entry on mas_store_gfp() failure regcache_maple_write() allocates a new block ('entry') to merge adjacent ranges and then stores it with mas_store_gfp(). When mas_store_gfp() fails, the new 'entry' remains allocated and is never freed, leaking memory. Free 'entry' on the failure path; on success continue freeing the replaced neighbor blocks ('lower', 'upper').
- Published
- Mar 18, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 1th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-401
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel6.4 and later · before 6.6.124
- linux linux kernel6.7 and later · before 6.12.70
- linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.18.10
- linux linux kernel6.19
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.4affected
- f033c26de5a5734625d2dd1dc196745fae186f1b and later · before d61171cf097156030142643942c217759a9cc806affected · git
- f033c26de5a5734625d2dd1dc196745fae186f1b and later · before 811b45e2d795d955bb7fd9c816b40036f4fde350affected · git
- f033c26de5a5734625d2dd1dc196745fae186f1b and later · before f08f2d2907675926ac5657b25f86d921f269602aaffected · git
- f033c26de5a5734625d2dd1dc196745fae186f1b and later · before f3f380ce6b3d5c9805c7e0b3d5bc28d9ec41e2e8affected · git
- before 6.4not affected · semver
- 6.6.124 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.70 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.10 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 6.19 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.73-1 | 6.12.73-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.18.10-1 | 6.18.10-1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 | before 1-150700.15.3.1 | 1-150700.15.3.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-64kb | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-default | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-default-base | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-source | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | kernel-zfcpdump | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-docs | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-obs-build | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | kernel-syms | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 | kernel-azure | before 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | kernel-obs-build | before 6.12.0-160000.33.1 | 6.12.0-160000.33.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | kernel-syms | before 6.12.0-160000.33.1 | 6.12.0-160000.33.1 |
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 811b45e2d795d955bb7fd9c816b40036f4fde350 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | d61171cf097156030142643942c217759a9cc806 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f08f2d2907675926ac5657b25f86d921f269602a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f3f380ce6b3d5c9805c7e0b3d5bc28d9ec41e2e8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.73-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-64kb | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-azure | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-default | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-default-base | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-docs | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15 | 1-150700.15.3.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-obs-build | 6.12.0-160000.33.1 · SUSE:Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-source | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-syms | 6.12.0-160000.33.1 · SUSE:Linux Micro Extras 6.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:kernel-zfcpdump | 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.