CVE-2026-72224

CVE CVE-2026-72224EUVD EUVD-2026-59123Published 2026-08-15T05:54:16.000ZLast changed 2026-08-17T05:10:39.000Z

What the advisory describes

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 ]

Source: EUVD (ENISA), in the words of the advisory.

Products the advisory names

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Linux — Linux patch: 6.6.145; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <52a7e7ece79c4b0f406149e19cd2b4b11a6c19e4; patch: 6.1.178; patch: 7.1.5; patch: 5.10.261; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <f4ca396bdd60b4e0a665b2589bfc4ddbea9bda2b; patch: 7.2; patch: 0; patch: 6.12.97; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <68c967e105d50f885e02b0dbdc9211fd5f84bdcd; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <0b63788093ff6ccfffe6e87de9e08aeeb406599c; 4.2; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <1a6b6442a982d0ca5fb6a1a39b6f6dfd760eda57; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <9ab5293d9ac3f2c4232220e563d04701f5f44607; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <5804e6a6912b5a1e47c821777d69191d69a3fe64; patch: 6.18.40; patch: 5.15.212; 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71 <7e49684d90faa34ff6d5586be658e986d9d475ac

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