Bug 2516594 (CVE-2026-72223) - CVE-2026-72223 kernel: nvdimm/btt: Free arena sub-allocations on discover_arenas() error path
Summary: CVE-2026-72223 kernel: nvdimm/btt: Free arena sub-allocations on discover_are...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72223
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:20 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 16:27 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:20:49 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvdimm/btt: Free arena sub-allocations on discover_arenas() error path

Memory allocated by btt_freelist_init(), btt_rtt_init(), and
btt_maplocks_init() is not freed on some discover_arenas() error
paths. This leaks memory when arena discovery fails.

Add the missing kfree() calls to release the allocations before
returning an error.

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