CVE-2026-64179

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-19. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init()

The memory allocated in ipc_protocol_init() is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipc_imem_init(). Fix that by calling the corresponding release function ipc_protocol_deinit() in the error path.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 19, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Aug 12, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffb6dbb49c96be82f07c7b112e3ebc3e6fdd8dd5
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1a4d57847813fae42fbb7eb35f2dd48b9cff8a9
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5d93b2c40355e999715262a824965aac025a427
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba6d8643019c33428f7c0658863e80e0b04a70f4
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f764a7810a9f114313c439d25b11f4417c6e0dd
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f63a60580ebdd9a1f22f89a84814d1fefe16b1c
generic

net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipc_imem_init() - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/583fd5a8fc797c8ecf2e1a7b923740c5e5734e85

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-64179(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(19)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1075 (5.15.0-1075.79) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.66~20.04.1) @ focal2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-7.0 (7.0.0-1008.8) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.107) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1064.64) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iot-realtime-5.15 (5.15.0.1104.108) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-7.0 (7.0.0-1009.9) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-intel-iotg-5.15 (5.15.0.1107.106) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (5.15.0.1112.122~20.04.1) @ focal2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04-edge (7.0.0-1016.16) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-26.04 (7.0.0-2016.16) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-139.139) @ noble2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1) @ noble2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1067.75) @ noble2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1109.105) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1117.126) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-7.0 (7.0.0-1015.15) @ resolute2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1109.115~20.04.1) @ focal2026-09-18ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1117.102) @ jammy2026-09-18ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (53 versions)6.1.176-1—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 (27 versions)6.12.94-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (141 versions)7.0.12-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(19)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 70× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 953 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-18 04:06 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-18 04:06 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-18 04:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-16 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-16 12:51 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-09-16 12:51 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-09-16 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-14 08:46 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-14 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-09-14 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-13 09:24 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-13 09:24 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-09-13 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-12 10:04 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-09-12 10:04 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-12 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-09-11 09:42 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-11 09:42 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-11 09:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-11 09:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-09 12:22 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-09 12:22 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-09 12:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-08 22:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-09-07 23:03 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-09-07 23:03 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-09-07 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-07 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-06 11:59 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-06 11:59 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-09-06 11:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-05 15:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-05 09:44 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-05 09:44 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-09-05 09:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-04 05:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-08-31 02:01 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-31 02:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-30 02:44 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-30 02:44 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-30 02:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-27 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-27 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-27 11:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-26 07:23 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-08-26 07:23 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-26 07:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-08-25 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-25 07:03 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-08-25 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-08-24 07:45 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-24 07:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-23 07:58 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-23 07:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-22 08:41 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-22 08:41 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-22 08:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-08-21 09:23 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-21 09:23 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-21 09:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-20 10:05 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-20 10:05 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-20 10:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-08-19 10:46 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-19 10:46 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-19 10:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-08-18 11:27 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-08-18 11:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-08-17 12:09 UTCEG score recompute
  60. 2026-08-17 12:09 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-17 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-08-16 12:44 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-08-16 12:44 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-16 12:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-15 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-15 13:27 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-15 13:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  70. 2026-08-14 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  71. 2026-08-14 14:09 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-08-14 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  74. 2026-08-13 14:51 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-13 14:51 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-64179?
CVE-2026-64179 is a medium vulnerability published on July 19, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: wwan: iosm: fix potential memory leaks in ipcimeminit() The memory allocated in ipcprotocolinit() is not freed on the error paths that follow in ipcimeminit(). Fix that by calling the corresponding release function…
When was CVE-2026-64179 disclosed?
CVE-2026-64179 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 19, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-64179 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-64179 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-64179?
CVE-2026-64179 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-64179?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-64179, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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