CVE-2026-80974 json
mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove
published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2026-76297
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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().
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80974
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
- linux-riscv Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42.1
- linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1015.16
- linux-hwe-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
- linux-oem-7.0 Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.17
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80974
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.6-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11805-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eae998ca448029fb61a6bb9fd7b1f9d05a9490d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78e34ed7e97763d493d95a5c1edefffbfd2f356 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc6c3b11d73459e0d55b27c98cc56d59fef4d82 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ca4f040ba489db2d4b66e9d1ee91b4f9a00534 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8be3a076a59ec793fb2e4bdb830a709aaea9cce commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/83feedd9d83c0c5199f98c72df0a6196b4aefb4d commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-80974 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0eae998ca448029fb61a6bb9fd7b1f9d05a9490d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b78e34ed7e97763d493d95a5c1edefffbfd2f356
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fcc6c3b11d73459e0d55b27c98cc56d59fef4d82
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/94ca4f040ba489db2d4b66e9d1ee91b4f9a00534
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c8be3a076a59ec793fb2e4bdb830a709aaea9cce
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/83feedd9d83c0c5199f98c72df0a6196b4aefb4d
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-80974
- NVD CVE-2026-80974
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