{"cve":"CVE-2026-72224","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:41.370","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:23.543","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvdimm/btt: Free arenas on btt_init() error paths\n\nThe arenas allocated by discover_arenas() or create_arenas() are not\nfreed on some error paths in btt_init(). This leaks memory when BTT\ninitialization fails.\n\nCall free_arenas() from the affected error paths to release the\nallocations.\n\n[ as: commit message and log edits ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b63788093ff6ccfffe6e87de9e08aeeb406599c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a6b6442a982d0ca5fb6a1a39b6f6dfd760eda57","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52a7e7ece79c4b0f406149e19cd2b4b11a6c19e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5804e6a6912b5a1e47c821777d69191d69a3fe64","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c967e105d50f885e02b0dbdc9211fd5f84bdcd"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72224","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12573,"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."]}