CVE-2026-72453

regcache: Do not overwrite error code when finalizing cache after error

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Oct 30, 2026
Reserved
Aug 9, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

regcache: Do not overwrite error code when finalizing cache after error

During regcache initialization, if an error occurs in the cache_ops->populate callback, and if cache operations include an exit callback, the error code from populate() is overwritten with the return value from exit(). This hides the error condition from the caller of regcache_init(), and can cause NULL pointer dereferences when the regcache is later accessed.

Scores

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 5e43756123197e7bca4920a47d20d9eff0e203c3 to before b454870bbdb3b34ffeaebf0d8e1726cc0aaa2de4Affected
  • b498b70a8174bcb4e801d4d794a49f2d143c5c9f to before bae057687f61580dd897411cd749da22a7740647Affected
  • 94a3a95f03154d8d4c6206950a7f6ef9a30baec6 to before 9f171aa115ec76be02c76c5765cd2c865279e34aAffected
  • 94a3a95f03154d8d4c6206950a7f6ef9a30baec6 to before 9108f7fa493b4c88cbc09503e0c164244456bad5Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.19Affected
  • before 6.19Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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