{"id":"CVE-2026-72140","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-72140","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:07:57.273Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() If devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error, mlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni2c: mlxbf: Fix use-after-free in mlxbf_i2c_init_resource()\n\nIf devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() returns an error,\nmlxbf_i2c_init_resource() frees tmp_res before reading tmp_res->io to\nget the error code. This results in a use-after-free.\n\nSave the error code before freeing tmp_res.","published":"2026-08-15T06:21:32.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-17T06:18:14.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0022,"percentile":0.12362,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5290a52533e09c38374963f4bb0b35121fe555c7","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a108c9f5a81bb7b29dbb1398be0089655b6bfd2","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71356737a7a55c76fee847563e3d33f8e6dc6b6d","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b398cbbbb9dd76210682a8c9aabd34c5168800b9","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4d9b6a0c9645366d9e4af8a6ac8347bd4c841aa","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce960a1b2caa4ad08291f28d8bcf17ad5a864e54","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6a395a71f4652261d09b572a03c96052662a056","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb267770bf822064f510c9b46743f533d8fa8a5f","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72140","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}