{"cve":"CVE-2026-72140","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:31.587","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:13.963","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource()\n\nIf devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error,\nmlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading tmp_res->io to\nget the error code. This results in a use-after-free.\n\nSave the error code before freeing tmp_res.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5290a52533e09c38374963f4bb0b35121fe555c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a108c9f5a81bb7b29dbb1398be0089655b6bfd2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71356737a7a55c76fee847563e3d33f8e6dc6b6d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398cbbbb9dd76210682a8c9aabd34c5168800b9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d9b6a0c9645366d9e4af8a6ac8347bd4c841aa"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72140","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12518,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}