> CVE-2026-72179

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-15 06:21
MODIFIED
2026-08-15 06:21
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.22%
Top 88.7%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-08-15 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 OSV 🔗 2026-08-22

> DESCRIPTION

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: cacheinfo: Fix node reference leak in populate_cache_leaves Currently, the while loop drops the reference to prev in each iteration. If the loop terminates early due to a break, the final of_node_put(np) correctly drops the reference to the current node. However, if the loop terminates naturally because np == NULL, calling of_node_put(np) is a no-op. This leaves the last valid node stored in prev without its reference dropped, resulting in a node reference leak. Fix this by changing the final `of_node_put(np)` to `of_node_put(prev)`.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

riscv: cacheinfo: Fix node reference leak in populate_cache_leaves

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
Linux / Kernel

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
15/08/2026 06:21
Source: NVD
Total des modifications: 0 Dernière mise à jour: 2 months ago

> REFERENCES

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2560c97f63bb99b26d9f19b23a4f66ea24c9dc14
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e4843fe39ea2f17f4de6d59fba26271916c184
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51afb7da697b698996351740b4f39fb05ce2afd4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/880ac50b0bfae06d7ab5f1843253adfb86aa173a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf4a195f063b0a0805c1417f6aad1dd32ea48f0f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f322955d9a1c344ed943752f05aacea7bc22e025
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