CVE-2026-72171mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 94% 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: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list register_device() links a new slram_mtdlist entry before allocating all of the state needed by the entry. If a later allocation, memremap(), or mtd_device_register() fails, the partially initialized entry remains on the global list. A later cleanup can then dereference or free invalid state from that failed entry. Unwind the partially initialized entry and clear the list tail on each failure path after the entry has been linked.
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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Received | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 94% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 9ee674ab10f755bbedbcbb8e76745d2bb8de88d1
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < e97415b8254d9cc131b7bb1c80fcf38123269b9a
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < f40acf577bb0fb0829f285ecfeb27d817840601c
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 200b8bc5b6065b02f3775cf131f14b8e1156a00a
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 2fd0cbbb34447ccddab67a2a638a07c6d94cae7a
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < d8dcbbfa0d695a5244059aa34a2e81f3e8df1082
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < bdcdfc2464659789032edfad15ff5f7a166f5d7b
- affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – < 36f1648644d769c496a8e47e53603e863e358d73
- affected 2.6.12
- unaffected < 2.6.12
- 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/9ee674ab10f755bbedbcbb8e76745d2bb8de88d1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e97415b8254d9cc131b7bb1c80fcf38123269b9a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f40acf577bb0fb0829f285ecfeb27d817840601c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200b8bc5b6065b02f3775cf131f14b8e1156a00a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd0cbbb34447ccddab67a2a638a07c6d94cae7a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8dcbbfa0d695a5244059aa34a2e81f3e8df1082 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdcdfc2464659789032edfad15ff5f7a166f5d7b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36f1648644d769c496a8e47e53603e863e358d73 (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-2026-58929 (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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