{"apiVersion":"1.0","identifier":"CVE-2026-72240","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: sm501: Fix reference leak on failed device registration When platform_device_register() fails in sm501_register_device(), the embedded struct device in pdev has already been initialized by device_initialize(), but the failure path only reports the error and returns without dropping the device reference for the current platform device: sm501_register_device() -> platform_device_register(pdev) -> device_initialize(&pdev->dev) -> setup_pdev_dma_masks(pdev) -> platform_device_add(pdev) This leads to a reference leak when platform_device_register() fails. Fix this by calling platform_device_put() before returning the error. The issue was identified by a static analysis tool I developed and confirmed by manual review.","publishedAt":"2026-08-15T06:21:51","lastModifiedAt":"2026-08-17T06:18:25","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72240","cvssScore":null,"cvssVector":"Pending","epssProbability":0.00211,"riskScore":0,"affectedProduct":"Linux kernel","affectedVersions":"unknown","vulnerabilityType":"Kernel","operatingSystems":[],"links":{"self":"https://www.redsauce.net/api/cves/CVE-2026-72240","webPages":{"es":"https://www.redsauce.net/es/cves/CVE-2026-72240","en":"https://www.redsauce.net/en/cves/CVE-2026-72240","fr":"https://www.redsauce.net/fr/cves/CVE-2026-72240","pt":"https://www.redsauce.net/pt/cves/CVE-2026-72240","de":"https://www.redsauce.net/de/cves/CVE-2026-72240","sk":"https://www.redsauce.net/sk/cves/CVE-2026-72240","el":"https://www.redsauce.net/el/cves/CVE-2026-72240"},"source":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72240"}}