CVE-2026-72140i2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource()
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 87% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() If devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error, mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading tmp_res->io to get the error code. This results in a use-after-free. Save the error code before freeing tmp_res.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 6 days later
· 6 days later
Published
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 87% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < 6a108c9f5a81bb7b29dbb1398be0089655b6bfd2
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < c4d9b6a0c9645366d9e4af8a6ac8347bd4c841aa
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < b398cbbbb9dd76210682a8c9aabd34c5168800b9
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < 5290a52533e09c38374963f4bb0b35121fe555c7
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < ce960a1b2caa4ad08291f28d8bcf17ad5a864e54
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < e6a395a71f4652261d09b572a03c96052662a056
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < fb267770bf822064f510c9b46743f533d8fa8a5f
- affected b5b5b32081cd206baa6e58cca7f112d9723785d6 – < 71356737a7a55c76fee847563e3d33f8e6dc6b6d
- affected 5.10
- unaffected < 5.10
- unaffected 5.10.261 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.212 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.178 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.145 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.97 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.40 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.1.5 – ≤ 7.1.*
- unaffected 7.2 – ≤ *
References
References8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a108c9f5a81bb7b29dbb1398be0089655b6bfd2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d9b6a0c9645366d9e4af8a6ac8347bd4c841aa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398cbbbb9dd76210682a8c9aabd34c5168800b9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5290a52533e09c38374963f4bb0b35121fe555c7 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce960a1b2caa4ad08291f28d8bcf17ad5a864e54 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6a395a71f4652261d09b572a03c96052662a056 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb267770bf822064f510c9b46743f533d8fa8a5f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71356737a7a55c76fee847563e3d33f8e6dc6b6d (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-58898 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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