Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-72224

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/btt: Free arenas on btt_init() error paths The arenas allocated by discover_arenas() or create_arenas() are not freed on some error paths in btt_init(). This leaks memory when BTT initialization fails. Call free_arenas() from the affected error paths to release the allocations. [ as: commit message and log edits ]

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, 4.2, 0

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