{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72263","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.915Z","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:54:50.265Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:11:22.312Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:11:22.312Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: topology: fix memory leak in snd_sof_load_topology\n\nWhen the topology filename contains \"dummy\" and tplg_cnt is 0, the\nfunction returns -EINVAL directly without freeing the tplg_files\nallocated by kcalloc() at line 2497. This leaks memory on every\nsuch topology load attempt.\n\nFix this by setting ret = -EINVAL and jumping to the out: label,\nwhich already handles the kfree(tplg_files) cleanup."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/sof/topology.c"],"versions":[{"version":"99c159279c6dfa2c4867c7f76875f58263f8f43b","lessThan":"6ed7787c43ecf4ae27a3e700cab53a1ed646c7f8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"99c159279c6dfa2c4867c7f76875f58263f8f43b","lessThan":"d46f9f23897261da53ffbeb89d48a13982ba7d28","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["sound/soc/sof/topology.c"],"versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.19","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ed7787c43ecf4ae27a3e700cab53a1ed646c7f8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d46f9f23897261da53ffbeb89d48a13982ba7d28"}],"title":"ASoC: SOF: topology: fix memory leak in snd_sof_load_topology","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}