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    "id": "CVE-2026-72040",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72040",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-15T05:51:59.975Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-23T12:46:30.954Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z",
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      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "ipmi: fix refcount leak in i_ipmi_request()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipmi: fix refcount leak in i_ipmi_request()\n\nWhen a caller provides a `supplied_recv` message to i_ipmi_request(),\nthe function increments the user's `nr_msgs` reference count. If an\nerror occurs later, the out_err cleanup path only frees the recv_msg\nif the function allocated it itself (i.e., !supplied_recv). In the\nsupplied_recv case the cleanup is skipped, leaving the reference count\nelevated. The caller ipmi_request_supply_msgs() does not release the\nsupplied_recv on error, so the reference is permanently leaked.\n\nFix this by explicitly reverting the reference count operations when a\nsupplied recv_msg with a valid user pointer is present in the error\npath: decrement nr_msgs and drop the user's kref.",
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