mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove
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
- Partial Red Hat: 7 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove The memory allocated for struct sm501_devdata in sm501_pci_probe() and sm501_plat_probe() is not freed by the corresponding remove functions sm501_pci_remove() and sm501_plat_remove(). Fix that by adding a call to kfree().
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00212 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109 +3Red Hat: 7 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80974
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hjr6-6hh3-pw85
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@b78e34ed7e97763d493d95a5c1edefffbfd2f356 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Fix available: Linux/Linux@0eae998ca448029fb61a6bb9fd7b1f9d05a9490d, Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 1 new reference · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eae998ca448029fb61a6bb9fd7b1f9d05a9490d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78e34ed7e97763d493d95a5c1edefffbfd2f356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc6c3b11d73459e0d55b27c98cc56d59fef4d82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ca4f040ba489db2d4b66e9d1ee91b4f9a00534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8be3a076a59ec793fb2e4bdb830a709aaea9cce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83feedd9d83c0c5199f98c72df0a6196b4aefb4d
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80974 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80974 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hjr6-6hh3-pw85 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80974 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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