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GHSA-H3WJ-CV4F-364H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-23 15:32

Details

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

Input: ims-pcu - fix firmware leak in async update

The firmware object was not being released if validation failed. Use __free(firmware) to ensure the firmware is always released.

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CVE-2026-72077 (GCVE-0-2026-72077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:52 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:46

Title

Input: ims-pcu - fix firmware leak in async update

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: ims-pcu - fix firmware leak in async update The firmware object was not being released if validation failed. Use __free(firmware) to ensure the firmware is always released.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b8cd2a96b47473e…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9efba5177a51ed996…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0641337f6584ccb…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5dd47ea3904dedb1…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f7bdfbe791aacad7…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c428d7ef644d3e3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a9889a9325b8769…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48795b5cd6828d36…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < f4b8cd2a96b47473e912e8a134f3c59efb81f10f (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 9efba5177a51ed996b0bdc03aa677c08247d5b91 (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < af0641337f6584ccbc7a42ce3f4803d8ff9c5a4a (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < a5dd47ea3904dedb1ae7a5fe0e6b44a458f0c5ec (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 1f7bdfbe791aacad77db87f044e78ef60a93ae0d (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 99c428d7ef644d3e394f3072f905040c16dab18d (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 47a9889a9325b87698b6d6eaf3187a9af6e4773d (git) Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < d48795b5cd6828d36b707e8d62fc9e5c90e004ab (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 3.10 Unaffected: 0 , < 3.10 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.266 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.148 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-72077 (GCVE-0-2026-72077)

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