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CVE-2026-72241 Details

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: leds: uleds: Fix potential buffer overread The name string supplied by userspace is not guaranteed to be null-terminated, so using strchr() on it might result in a buffer overread. The same thing will happen when said string is used by the LED class device. Fix this by using strnchr() instead and explicitly check that the name string is properly null-terminated.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263ccdd627caeda6e980ed3c6e32bb4fd6b380b1	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad6f6c9209e5777b896def9876708853ae26d0d	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb89e23729f3a59592d699a437bb001f24b8f67	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd51d84a9502553e58beade72823258871b8111	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf529571cca60fb8af65d6d034bdbbc99a9127c	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84c59121dfdc7b324f72dc5012aa8fe5e7d2d7b	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91ac9fdac7385cbc98aeae55b4e5302125497a2	kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c19fe864f667afc49d1391d764e20b66555bcf7a	kernel.org

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Weakness Enumeration

No weakness enumeration is available for this CVE.

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

2 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Aug 17, 2026	CVE Modified	kernel.org
Aug 15, 2026	New CVE Received	kernel.org