CVE-2026-72224

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/btt: Free arenas on btt_init() error paths The arenas allocated by discover_arenas() or create_arenas() are not freed on some error paths in btt_init(). This leaks memory when BTT initialization fails. Call free_arenas() from the affected error paths to release the allocations. [ as: commit message and log edits ]

CVSS

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References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b63788093ff6ccfffe6e87de9e08aeeb406599c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6b6442a982d0ca5fb6a1a39b6f6dfd760eda57
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52a7e7ece79c4b0f406149e19cd2b4b11a6c19e4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5804e6a6912b5a1e47c821777d69191d69a3fe64
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c967e105d50f885e02b0dbdc9211fd5f84bdcd
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e49684d90faa34ff6d5586be658e986d9d475ac
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ab5293d9ac3f2c4232220e563d04701f5f44607
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4ca396bdd60b4e0a665b2589bfc4ddbea9bda2b

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:21

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:18

NVD link : CVE-2026-72224

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72224

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72224

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Products Affected

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CWE

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