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CVE-2026-72240

Low risk· EPSS 12%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.21%

12th percentile - higher than 12% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel sm501 driver, a reference leak was found on failed device registration. The fix adds a call to platform_device_put() before returning the error.

Risk Assessment

Reference leak can lead to kernel resource exhaustion, potentially causing system instability or denial of service.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix and monitor kernel memory usage on systems with SM501 devices.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration When platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the embedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and returns without dropping the device reference for the current platform device: sm501_register_device() -> platform_device_register(pdev) -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev) -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev) -> platform_device_add(pdev) This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails. Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error. The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and confirmed by manual review.

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