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GHSA-F5WX-QGF8-MMV9

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path

When bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later fails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env.

The existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env label, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data.

Move vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late exit paths release it consistently.

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CVE-2026-72401 (GCVE-0-2026-72401)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:13

Title

bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path When bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later fails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env. The existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env label, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data. Move vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late exit paths release it consistently.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7033 records in the last 180 days details

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8df91756890de058…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26490a375cb9be9ba…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2f69c5685427308d2f312646779313f3677536bc , < d8df91756890de058646597367507b239a6d2025 (git) Affected: 2f69c5685427308d2f312646779313f3677536bc , < 26490a375cb9be9bac96b5171610fd85ca6c2305 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.19 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.19 (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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