7.8

CVE-2026-72171: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72171DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72171
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 17-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72171 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 16
SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1USN-8875-1USN-8875-2USN-8876-1USN-8877-1USN-8878-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list register_device() links a new slram_mtdlist entry before allocating all of the state needed by the entry. If a later allocation, memremap(), or mtd_device_register() fails, the partially initialized entry remains on the global list. A later cleanup can then dereference or free invalid state from that failed entry. Unwind the partially initialized entry and clear the list tail on each failure path after the entry has been linked.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.18% on 06-10-2026

06-10-202605-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu169 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-198.208 | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1117.124 | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.180-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 9ee674ab10f755bbedbcbb8e76745d2bb8de88d1 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < e97415b8254d9cc131b7bb1c80fcf38123269b9a | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < f40acf577bb0fb0829f285ecfeb27d817840601c | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 200b8bc5b6065b02f3775cf131f14b8e1156a00a | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 2fd0cbbb34447ccddab67a2a638a07c6d94cae7a | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < d8dcbbfa0d695a5244059aa34a2e81f3e8df1082 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < bdcdfc2464659789032edfad15ff5f7a166f5d7b | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 36f1648644d769c496a8e47e53603e863e358d73 | 2.6.12

3 vendors · 171 products

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