# CVE-2026-80974: mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.21
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.21, fixed in 6.6.160; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mfd: sm501: Fix potential memory leaks during remove The memory allocated for struct sm501_devdata in sm501_pci_probe() and sm501_plat_probe() is not freed by the corresponding remove functions sm501_pci_remove() and sm501_plat_remove(). Fix that by adding a call to kfree().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.6.160, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eae998ca448029fb61a6bb9fd7b1f9d05a9490d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b78e34ed7e97763d493d95a5c1edefffbfd2f356
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc6c3b11d73459e0d55b27c98cc56d59fef4d82
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94ca4f040ba489db2d4b66e9d1ee91b4f9a00534
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8be3a076a59ec793fb2e4bdb830a709aaea9cce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83feedd9d83c0c5199f98c72df0a6196b4aefb4d

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