CVE-2026-72079 (GCVE-0-2026-72079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:52 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:07
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Title
Input: ims-pcu - fix use-after-free and double-free in disconnect
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: ims-pcu - fix use-after-free and double-free in disconnect ims_pcu_disconnect() only intended to perform cleanup when the primary (control) interface is unbound. However, it currently relies on the interface class to distinguish between control and data interfaces. A malicious device could present a data interface with the same class as the control interface, leading to premature cleanup and potential use-after-free or double-free. Switch to verifying that the interface being disconnected is indeed the control interface.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 315f269ea04bc1477ab9bf351e939623d12a1621 (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 293388e42e5c0865204de6f36bfb8662156fce3b (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 921abbb33887052e46b1b77299f87a3c741dc580 (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 6a6c373e6a82eddc522342c8a8db7072c65f2b56 (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < a4b3f4d42fbf58f06f0d49e37a9d0d9392eca338 (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 6aacc18004b1a915ccb8a829d30279a37988066e (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < bf0b58ba489d0bdaa18c7dd8beeaeb954dd7dbb7 (git)
Affected: 628329d52474323938a03826941e166bc7c8eff4 , < 462a999917755a3bf77448dfd64307963cf0a9f0 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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