{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "99c159279c6dfa2c4867c7f76875f58263f8f43b"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6ed7787c43ecf4ae27a3e700cab53a1ed646c7f8"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d46f9f23897261da53ffbeb89d48a13982ba7d28"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.19.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72263.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: topology: fix memory leak in snd_sof_load_topology\n\nWhen the topology filename contains \"dummy\" and tplg_cnt is 0, the\nfunction returns -EINVAL directly without freeing the tplg_files\nallocated by kcalloc() at line 2497. This leaks memory on every\nsuch topology load attempt.\n\nFix this by setting ret = -EINVAL and jumping to the out: label,\nwhich already handles the kfree(tplg_files) cleanup.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72263",
  "modified": "2026-08-18T03:31:26.228622386Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:54:50.265Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ed7787c43ecf4ae27a3e700cab53a1ed646c7f8"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46f9f23897261da53ffbeb89d48a13982ba7d28"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72263.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72263"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "ASoC: SOF: topology: fix memory leak in snd_sof_load_topology"
}