{
    "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-72241",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-08-09T03:40:39.914Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-15T05:54:29.640Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:10:59.303Z"
    },
    "containers": {
        "cna": {
            "providerMetadata": {
                "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
                "shortName": "Linux",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-08-17T05:10:59.303Z"
            },
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nleds: uleds: Fix potential buffer overread\n\nThe name string supplied by userspace is not guaranteed to be\nnull-terminated, so using strchr() on it might result in a buffer\noverread. The same thing will happen when said string is used by\nthe LED class device.\n\nFix this by using strnchr() instead and explicitly check that\nthe name string is properly null-terminated."
                }
            ],
            "affected": [
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/leds/uleds.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "a84c59121dfdc7b324f72dc5012aa8fe5e7d2d7b",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "5bb89e23729f3a59592d699a437bb001f24b8f67",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "5ad6f6c9209e5777b896def9876708853ae26d0d",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "8bf529571cca60fb8af65d6d034bdbbc99a9127c",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "a91ac9fdac7385cbc98aeae55b4e5302125497a2",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "6dd51d84a9502553e58beade72823258871b8111",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "263ccdd627caeda6e980ed3c6e32bb4fd6b380b1",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "e381322b0190c1253d347de3f28b5c37756fb651",
                            "lessThan": "c19fe864f667afc49d1391d764e20b66555bcf7a",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "versionType": "git"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "product": "Linux",
                    "vendor": "Linux",
                    "defaultStatus": "affected",
                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
                    "programFiles": [
                        "drivers/leds/uleds.c"
                    ],
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "4.10",
                            "status": "affected"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "lessThan": "4.10",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.10.261",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "5.15.212",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.1.178",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.6.145",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.12.97",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
                            "status": "unaffected",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        },
                        {
                            "version": "6.18.40",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
                            "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": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.10.261"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.212"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.178"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.145"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.97"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.40"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "7.1.5"
                                },
                                {
                                    "vulnerable": true,
                                    "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                                    "versionStartIncluding": "4.10",
                                    "versionEndExcluding": "7.2"
                                }
                            ]
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84c59121dfdc7b324f72dc5012aa8fe5e7d2d7b"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bb89e23729f3a59592d699a437bb001f24b8f67"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad6f6c9209e5777b896def9876708853ae26d0d"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bf529571cca60fb8af65d6d034bdbbc99a9127c"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91ac9fdac7385cbc98aeae55b4e5302125497a2"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dd51d84a9502553e58beade72823258871b8111"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/263ccdd627caeda6e980ed3c6e32bb4fd6b380b1"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c19fe864f667afc49d1391d764e20b66555bcf7a"
                }
            ],
            "title": "leds: uleds: Fix potential buffer overread",
            "x_generator": {
                "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
            }
        }
    }
}