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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72240.json"
  },
  "details": "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    -\u003e platform_device_register(pdev)\n       -\u003e device_initialize(\u0026pdev-\u003edev)\n       -\u003e setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev)\n       -\u003e 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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72240",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:11.305648831Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:28.905Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0baf9d43a7b7b43df2900bd8656e75b725028b6e"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ff8156fd500d54c61430b6834137fd0a07047ce"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/760a1029692f1d788dc11aa636a3bf432e58b240"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3e340d506c1036a747fb0972aebf1063f7ef30e"
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    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72240"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
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  "summary": "mfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration"
}