{"cve":"CVE-2026-72241","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:51.183","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:25.717","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nleds: uleds: Fix potential buffer overread\n\nThe name string supplied by userspace is not guaranteed to be\nnull-terminated, so using strchr() on it might result in a buffer\noverread. The same thing will happen when said string is used by\nthe LED class device.\n\nFix this by using strnchr() instead and explicitly check that\nthe name string is properly null-terminated.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263ccdd627caeda6e980ed3c6e32bb4fd6b380b1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad6f6c9209e5777b896def9876708853ae26d0d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb89e23729f3a59592d699a437bb001f24b8f67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd51d84a9502553e58beade72823258871b8111","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf529571cca60fb8af65d6d034bdbbc99a9127c"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72241","score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12519,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}