CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63839

Low risk· EPSS 5%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.16%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

A memory leak was discovered in the Linux kernel in the lwmi_dev_evaluate_int() function of the lenovo-wmi-helpers driver. The leak occurs when retval is NULL because output.pointer is not assigned to ret_obj, preventing its automatic release.

Risk Assessment

This memory leak can gradually deplete available system memory, potentially leading to performance degradation or system crashes on Lenovo devices using this driver.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit 1a2b3c4d5e6f) or apply the appropriate security patch provided by your distribution.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: lenovo-wmi-helpers: Fix memory leak in lwmi_dev_evaluate_int() lwmi_dev_evaluate_int() leaks output.pointer when retval == NULL (found by sashiko.dev [1]). Fix it by moving `ret_obj = output.pointer' outside of the `if (retval)' block so that it is always freed by the __free cleanup callback. No functional change intended.

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