{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72144 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-72144 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72144 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, published on 15 Aug 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72144 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72144/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72144/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72144","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72144/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72144","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72144","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72144","GHSA-v9hf-qh3h-mwjj","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72144"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["other"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Missing resource cleanup in the Dell laptop driver init error path can leave stale kernel resources registered, potentially causing instability or resource leaks.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"other"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: dell-laptop: fix missing cleanups in init error path\n\ndell_init() initializes several resources after dell_setup_rfkill(),\nincluding the optional touchpad LED, keyboard backlight LED, battery\nhook, debugfs directory and dell-laptop notifier.\n\nIf a later LED or backlight registration fails, the error path only\ntears down the battery hook and rfkill resources. This leaves the\nnotifier, debugfs directory, keyboard backlight LED and optional\ntouchpad LED registered after dell_init() returns an error.\n\nAdd the missing cleanup calls before tearing down rfkill.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix missing cleanups in init error path","id":"CVE-2026-72144","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"other","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"platform/x86/intel/tpmi: use cleanup helpers in mem_write()","id":"CVE-2026-72145"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"platform/x86: ISST: Restore SST-PP control to all domains","id":"CVE-2026-72143"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-16","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"Missing resource cleanup in the Dell laptop driver init error path can leave stale kernel resources registered, potentially causing instability or resource leaks.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72144/"}