High 7.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72144platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix missing cleanups in init error path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-laptop: fix missing cleanups in init error path dell_init() initializes several resources after dell_setup_rfkill(), including the optional touchpad LED, keyboard backlight LED, battery hook, debugfs directory and dell-laptop notifier. If a later LED or backlight registration fails, the error path only tears down the battery hook and rfkill resources. This leaves the notifier, debugfs directory, keyboard backlight LED and optional touchpad LED registered after dell_init() returns an error. Add the missing cleanup calls before tearing down rfkill.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f before e4908b3bed755f73870416b971e162a8d0ef0aef; 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f builds before 6bd76d5421a72d2526c9be8f01f55bee960f899f; 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f builds before 1e41ca4a7fba2e680d6950e9511245255fffa46c; from 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f before b351e082711d12f075a36a6cd67709693689315f; 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f builds before 6e9cab2247e5b243ae2d907ce7c948a8a9c8d61a	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4908b3bed755f73870416b971e162a8d0ef0aef
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd76d5421a72d2526c9be8f01f55bee960f899f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e41ca4a7fba2e680d6950e9511245255fffa46c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b351e082711d12f075a36a6cd67709693689315f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e9cab2247e5b243ae2d907ce7c948a8a9c8d61a

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