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CVE-2026-72224

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 15, 2026Sources checked Oct 8, 2026
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CVE-2026-72224. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is 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.

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Source: NVD