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If an\nerror occurs later, the out_err cleanup path only frees the recv_msg\nif the function allocated it itself (i.e., !supplied_recv). In the\nsupplied_recv case the cleanup is skipped, leaving the reference count\nelevated. The caller ipmi_request_supply_msgs() does not release the\nsupplied_recv on error, so the reference is permanently leaked.\n\nFix this by explicitly reverting the reference count operations when a\nsupplied recv_msg with a valid user pointer is present in the error\npath: decrement nr_msgs and drop the user's kref.","epss":{"date":"2026-11-06","percentile":0.11454,"score":0.00211},"exploits":[],"kev":null,"metrics":[],"modifiedAt":1793985575517,"publishedAt":1786773119975,"references":[{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/122ca6b2af714e114c9b872a48372ace31a9ab1f"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9409e18ffe7378d202efe1cf69989df9f67b0369"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a3b77df6aef031455dd83ea8ed4344b7dca1f9"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c5065963024390ddad51bd455d1adc710de575"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fd23994ec8c5436d9f0b50848deb87ed933e6b3"},{"source":"CNA: Linux","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f3859cecacb64f18fd446271ece9a3b3f2d4de"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fd23994ec8c5436d9f0b50848deb87ed933e6b3"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/122ca6b2af714e114c9b872a48372ace31a9ab1f"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9409e18ffe7378d202efe1cf69989df9f67b0369"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3f3859cecacb64f18fd446271ece9a3b3f2d4de"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a3b77df6aef031455dd83ea8ed4344b7dca1f9"},{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":[],"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5c5065963024390ddad51bd455d1adc710de575"}],"remediation":[],"revision":"564db50e5f3574f2e42bebbb67d88d7d89f3d499ec07839c8ad071532c17841a","sources":[{"modifiedAt":1793984118764,"name":"CNA: Linux","retrievedAt":1793986026853,"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72040"},{"modifiedAt":1793985575517,"name":"NVD","retrievedAt":1793989679153,"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72040"},{"modifiedAt":null,"name":"FIRST EPSS","retrievedAt":1793986035687,"url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-72040"}],"ssvc":{"assessedAt":1793983844878,"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","source":"ADP: CISA-ADP","technicalImpact":"partial"},"status":"published","title":"ipmi: fix refcount leak in i_ipmi_request()","updatedAt":1793989679153}