In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup() The memory allocated for mboxq using mempool_alloc() is not freed in some of the early exit error paths. Fix that by moving the mempool_free() call to an earlier point after last use.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
Link Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce5a37f7ddf2fc12210e8700350274da79fbb3a cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd28625e25be549ee7c47532e7c3ef91c682410 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cac8a302626f59ca84fa3339e2506c3ac761bc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299f5baa1321a0951cc3ebbacc72b67433a65391 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f4e407661542d1d284fc889cf9f27afd11b3d3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed08497977820e002a62cb114440f365cc7a087f cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081522-CVE-2026-72087-6081@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72087 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72087 cve-icon
History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-399
CWE-401

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-772
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-399
CWE-401

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup() The memory allocated for mboxq using mempool_alloc() is not freed in some of the early exit error paths. Fix that by moving the mempool_free() call to an earlier point after last use.
Title scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:52:35.513Z

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:07:57.901Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.905Z

Link: CVE-2026-72087

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:21:22.723

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:18:07.617

Link: CVE-2026-72087

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-72087 - Bugzilla