What is CVE-2026-46202?

CVE-2026-46202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-28.

How severe is CVE-2026-46202?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-46202

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: appletb-kbd: run inactivity autodim from workqueues The autodim code in hid-appletb-kbd takes backlight_device->ops_lock via backlight_device_set_brightness() -> mu…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 93a0fc48948107e0cc34e1de22c3cb363a8f2783, 7.1-rc4, 7.0.9
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-46202?: CVE-2026-46202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-05-28.
How severe is CVE-2026-46202?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.