What is CVE-2026-72140?

CVE-2026-72140 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and patched in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-72140 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72140?

CVE-2026-72140 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72140?

Yes, CVE-2026-72140 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-72140 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72140 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72140

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 tmp_res->io to get the error code. This results in a use-after-free. Save the error code before freeing tmp_res.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2-rc4 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.261 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.212 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.178 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.145 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.97 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.40 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc4

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72140?

CVE-2026-72140 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.10 onward and has been patched in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-72140 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72140?

Yes. CVE-2026-72140 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-72140 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72140 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.