{"cve":"CVE-2026-72309","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:03.673","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:33.990","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/remotes: Fix leak in trace_remote_alloc_buffer() error path\n\nIf page allocation fails in trace_remote_alloc_buffer(), desc->nr_cpus\nis not yet incremented for the current CPU. As a consequence, on error,\nhalf-allocated rb_desc will not be freed in trace_remote_free_buffer().\n\nIncrement desc->nr_cpus as soon as the first allocation for the current\nCPU has succeeded.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a7b7ddb07efdd8cf30eac6def18b9289b8de1e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec082d0b978b5fb4c11205ccce63587ac94c74e1"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72309","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09569,"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."]}