{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-72481 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-72481 is a 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-2026-72481 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-72481 is a 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-2026-72481 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-2026-72481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72481/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-72481","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72481/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-72481","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-72481","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72481","GHSA-278v-qwxj-mcm9","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72481"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can read uninitialized kernel stack memory via the AK8975 magnetometer driver, potentially exposing sensitive data.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\niio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak\n\nCurrently in the AK8975 driver there are four instances where potential\nuninitialized kernel stack memory leaks can occur. If\ni2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated() returns a value less than\nthe size of the buffer, uninitialized bytes are retained in the buffer\nand later the buffer is passed on to IIO buffers, potentially leaking\nmemory to userspace.\n\nFix this by adding checks whether the return value of the function is\nequal to the size of the buffer and subsequently if the value is\nlesser than zero to distinguish from a returned error code.","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":"iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak","id":"CVE-2026-72481","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"gpib: fix double decrement of descriptor_busy in command_ioctl()","id":"CVE-2026-72482"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"iio: adc: xilinx-ams: fix out-of-bounds channel lookup in event handling","id":"CVE-2026-72480"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-08-15","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-17","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A local attacker can read uninitialized kernel stack memory via the AK8975 magnetometer driver, potentially exposing sensitive data.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-72481/"}