CVE-2026-72240

{"id": "CVE-2026-72240", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "bbb1ecaed4ed7680e63d3a0f143f03de32de5d6e", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "e2dac91380a10e9e8d5883fb73ce9d9b390a629c", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "0baf9d43a7b7b43df2900bd8656e75b725028b6e", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "a3e340d506c1036a747fb0972aebf1063f7ef30e", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "760a1029692f1d788dc11aa636a3bf432e58b240", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "16a42c88c4667fa0bd944e438a667e059551f1f1", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "2ff8156fd500d54c61430b6834137fd0a07047ce", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "b6d6454fdb66f3829af8b92ab06825b6060fdf7e", "lessThan": "8c2f0b42fc252e1bf1c7746447091a468e784ca1", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/mfd/sm501.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "2.6.21"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.21", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.10.261", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "5.15.212", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.1.178", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.6.145", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.12.97", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18.40", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.1.5", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["drivers/mfd/sm501.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-08-15T06:21:51.063", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0baf9d43a7b7b43df2900bd8656e75b725028b6e", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a42c88c4667fa0bd944e438a667e059551f1f1", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff8156fd500d54c61430b6834137fd0a07047ce", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/760a1029692f1d788dc11aa636a3bf432e58b240", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2f0b42fc252e1bf1c7746447091a468e784ca1", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3e340d506c1036a747fb0972aebf1063f7ef30e", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb1ecaed4ed7680e63d3a0f143f03de32de5d6e", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2dac91380a10e9e8d5883fb73ce9d9b390a629c", "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Received", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration\n\nWhen platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the\nembedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by\ndevice_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and\nreturns without dropping the device reference for the current platform\ndevice:\n\n sm501_register_device()\n -> platform_device_register(pdev)\n -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev)\n -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev)\n -> platform_device_add(pdev)\n\nThis leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.\nFix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error.\n\nThe issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and\nconfirmed by manual review."}], "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:25.593", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}