CVE-2026-72216: remoteproc: qcom: Fix leak when custom dump_segments addition fails
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-72216 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11Timeline
- 15-08-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 23-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: qcom: Fix leak when custom dump_segments addition fails Free allocated minidump_region 'name' in qcom_add_minidump_segments() when failing before adding the region to 'dump_segments'. Otherwise, the 'name' is not tracked and is never freed by qcom_minidump_cleanup(). Return error when adding to 'dump_segments' fails.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.21% on 06-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu157 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-202.212 | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1119.126 | < 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< 6.1.187-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < 491edca252d1256b57e805c6e3acae320b53f53e | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < 8bfe7e7729617e73233ab5f1a2edbeee5e75c722 | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < 65104d6eb43f066dcf73ca9ade6478824b17d867 | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < 381c8a7a59da06293951c343857f4a2465b2c655 | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < 51aad3d89a2dd2bd34713785b0f2fd5177eb33b6 | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < e5b1aaa74118e91f0c0f18b22b6f853199873db4 | ≥ 8ed8485c4f056d488d17a2b56581c86aeb42955d, < ecf9fc18e62c58eae1ceb65dab2bccb8a724de2d | 5.11
3 vendors · 159 products