Input: ims-pcu - fix firmware leak in async update
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: ims-pcu - fix firmware leak in async update The firmware object was not being released if validation failed. Use __free(firmware) to ensure the firmware is always released.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0022 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184 +5
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.184, 6.6.148, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72077
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3wj-cv4f-364h
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4b8cd2a96b47473e912e8a134f3c59efb81f10f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9efba5177a51ed996b0bdc03aa677c08247d5b91
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af0641337f6584ccbc7a42ce3f4803d8ff9c5a4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5dd47ea3904dedb1ae7a5fe0e6b44a458f0c5ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f7bdfbe791aacad77db87f044e78ef60a93ae0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c428d7ef644d3e394f3072f905040c16dab18d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a9889a9325b87698b6d6eaf3187a9af6e4773d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48795b5cd6828d36b707e8d62fc9e5c90e004ab
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72077 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72077 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3wj-cv4f-364h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72077 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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