Bug 2516328 (CVE-2026-72453) - CVE-2026-72453 kernel: regcache: Do not overwrite error code when finalizing cache after error
Summary: CVE-2026-72453 kernel: regcache: Do not overwrite error code when finalizing ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72453
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 14:08 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:06:44 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

regcache: Do not overwrite error code when finalizing cache after error

During regcache initialization, if an error occurs in the
cache_ops->populate callback, and if cache operations include an exit
callback, the error code from populate() is overwritten with the return
value from exit(). This hides the error condition from the caller of
regcache_init(), and can cause NULL pointer dereferences when the regcache
is later accessed.


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