# CVE-2026-43192: dm mpath: Add missing dm\_put\_device when failing to get scsi dh name

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm mpath: Add missing dm_put_device when failing to get scsi dh name When commit fd81bc5cca8f ("scsi: device_handler: Return error pointer in scsi_dh_attached_handler_name()") added code to fail parsing the path if scsi_dh_attached_handler_name() failed with -ENOMEM, it didn't clean up the reference to the path device that had just been taken. Fix this, and steamline the error paths of parse_path() a little.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4aa5c37b7d8019f7296111c1add00e7214baae60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/787bd63ee661b0148ce8e1fde92b7afddd85c446

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