CVE-2026-72140

CVE-2026-72140

published August 15, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00220 · 11.8th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:21Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:53Z
    i2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource()
    cvelistv5