{"cve":"CVE-2026-72240","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:51.063","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:25.593","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration\n\nWhen platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the\nembedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by\ndevice_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and\nreturns without dropping the device reference for the current platform\ndevice:\n\n  sm501_register_device()\n    -> platform_device_register(pdev)\n       -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev)\n       -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev)\n       -> platform_device_add(pdev)\n\nThis leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.\nFix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error.\n\nThe issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and\nconfirmed by manual review.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0baf9d43a7b7b43df2900bd8656e75b725028b6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16a42c88c4667fa0bd944e438a667e059551f1f1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff8156fd500d54c61430b6834137fd0a07047ce","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/760a1029692f1d788dc11aa636a3bf432e58b240","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c2f0b42fc252e1bf1c7746447091a468e784ca1"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72240","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12522,"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."]}