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Linux CVE-2026-72401

| EUVDEUVD-2026-59300
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-f5wx-qgf8-mmv9

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:56 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path

When bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later fails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env.

The existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env label, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data.

Move vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late exit paths release it consistently.

Analysis

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

bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path

When bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later fails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env.

The existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env label, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data.

Move vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late exit paths release it consistently.

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