Bug 2516307 (CVE-2026-72171) - CVE-2026-72171 kernel: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list
Summary: CVE-2026-72171 kernel: mtd: slram: remove failed entries from the device list
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72171
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 06:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:05:38 UTC
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.


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