CVE-2026-43155
Description
A flaw was found in the mux: mmio subsystem of the Linux kernel. During device probing, specifically on probe failures such as probe deferral or driver unbind, a memory-mapped input/output (mmio) regmap resource may not be properly freed. This resource leak can lead to system instability or a Denial of Service (DoS) due to resource exhaustion.
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability
Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (Other); DoS: Resource Consumption (Memory); DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU)
An attacker that can influence the allocation of resources that are not properly released could deplete the available resource pool and prevent all other processes from accessing the same type of resource. Frequently-affected resources include memory, CPU, disk space, power or battery, etc.
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