CVE-2026-72308 (GCVE-0-2026-72308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:55 – Updated: 2026-08-23 12:47
VLAI
Title
mlxsw: fix refcount leak in mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxsw: fix refcount leak in mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join() When mlxsw_sp_port_lag_index_get() fails, mlxsw_sp_port_lag_join() returns an error without releasing the lag reference obtained by the earlier mlxsw_sp_lag_get(). All other error paths in the function jump to the cleanup label that ends with mlxsw_sp_lag_put(), so this is a single missed release. Fix the leak by replacing the bare 'return err' with a goto to the existing error cleanup label, which will drop the reference safely.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 3fbeaa8ecd144ad593f9fa1ab4b40a780ad3700b (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 99ff5b0083eae6f774360c4ea6874604e6c9b553 (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 9bf2d6eea26a226f8ebab7baea6f2b018f914560 (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 8b3350eacd9df0597bfe36a594df7b9def0b3edf (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 1cf8a1af42b1f12a30b7abd34fe4fc23b3170e7e (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 2d8b3c3e129973a51ae924bdcf6993a76b828814 (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < cab468c3c03f4bcd7530ce2783a4140da14efb7b (git)
Affected: 0d65fc13042fce6a2d6de58ff0dc9531e8523c07 , < 41c8c1d65b32beacd8d916a22457b4f6e47f45af (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 4.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.266 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.217 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.184 , ≤ 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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