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  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-72240",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-72240"
  ],
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:04:33Z",
  "summary": "mfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration\n\nWhen platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the\nembedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by\ndevice_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and\nreturns without dropping the device reference for the current platform\ndevice:\n\n  sm501_register_device()\n    -> platform_device_register(pdev)\n       -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev)\n       -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev)\n       -> platform_device_add(pdev)\n\nThis leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails.\nFix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error.\n\nThe issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and\nconfirmed by manual review.",
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        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72240"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbb1ecaed4ed7680e63d3a0f143f03de32de5d6e"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
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    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-17T05:24:08Z"
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