{"cve":"CVE-2026-72171","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:35.220","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:17.530","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list\n\nregister_device() links a new slram_mtdlist entry before allocating all\nof the state needed by the entry. If a later allocation, memremap(), or\nmtd_device_register() fails, the partially initialized entry remains on\nthe global list. A later cleanup can then dereference or free invalid\nstate from that failed entry.\n\nUnwind the partially initialized entry and clear the list tail on each\nfailure path after the entry has been linked.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200b8bc5b6065b02f3775cf131f14b8e1156a00a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0cbbb34447ccddab67a2a638a07c6d94cae7a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f1648644d769c496a8e47e53603e863e358d73","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ee674ab10f755bbedbcbb8e76745d2bb8de88d1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdcdfc2464659789032edfad15ff5f7a166f5d7b"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72171","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.05599,"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."]}