CVE-2026-72179

Not scored yetLast modified Aug 17, 2026

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)`.

Metrics

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Affected software

Source: the vendor's advisory (CNA). NVD analysis pending.

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Aug 15, 2026
Last modified
Aug 17, 2026
NVD status
Received

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