CVE-2026-72184

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72184
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72184.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72184
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:53:46.650Z
Modified
2026-08-16T03:48:33.970773586Z
Summary
ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path

ntfsnonresidentattrinsertrange() allocates holerl before mapping the whole runlist. If ntfsattrmapwholerunlist() fails, the error path drops ni->runlist.lock and returns without freeing holerl. This leaks memory of sizeof(*holerl) * 2 bytes.

Fix this memory leak by freeing hole_rl before returning from that error path, matching the later error paths in the same function.

Database specific
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    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72184.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed
Fixed
7d7f72cb21a829682f6d8968af4fbe413789d1fd
Fixed
06769b8f23b4b645b270c438649fff79768fb6fe

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72184.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
7.1.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72184.json"