Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.1,6.1.191)[6.2,6.12.114)[6.13,6.18.42)[6.19,7.1.5)
Threat Intelligence
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- published11 Oct 2026
- disclosed15 Aug 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 15 Aug 2026
CVE-2026-72009 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.1.191, 6.12.114, 6.18.42, 7.1.5 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Control of a Resource Through its Lifetime in the management of shared MIPI PHY resources between DSI and CSI domains on i.MX93 platforms. An attacker can cause arbitrary memory exposure or corruption, as well as system instability, by triggering concurrent use and premature power-down of shared hardware resources through standard media device interfaces. This can result in DMA operations accessing powered-down hardware, leading to kernel memory disclosure, memory corruption, device failure, or kernel panic.
Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst