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          "type": "GIT"
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        "name": "Kernel"
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72214.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npower: supply: cpcap-battery: Fix missing nvmem_device_put() causing reference leak\n\nIn cpcap_battery_detect_battery_type(), the reference to an nvmem\ndevice obtained via nvmem_device_find() is not released with\nnvmem_device_put() on the success or read-failure paths, causing a\npermanent reference leak. The driver’s retry logic on subsequent\nbattery property reads can compound this leak, preventing the nvmem\ndevice from ever being freed.\n\nFound by code review.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72214",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:30:58.903090530Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:08.602Z",
  "references": [
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2c14ff63e0e02e3c832385e523e9cc81301171c"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d81de441233a92ec21469cd0c4eb3c26b95cd8"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b56a5cbf8f1f1a5740f1137c89b14d0373309d8d"
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc65520fe0781a1ff46631f111e07b4a1c677b96"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72214.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72214"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "power: supply: cpcap-battery: Fix missing nvmem_device_put() causing reference leak"
}