# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-72079"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:52:29.096Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-17T05:07:48.078Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"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"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72079"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72079.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72079"
title: "Input: ims-pcu - fix use-after-free and double-free in disconnect"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nInput: ims-pcu - fix use-after-free and double-free in disconnect\n\nims_pcu_disconnect() only intended to perform cleanup when the primary\n(control) interface is unbound. However, it currently relies on the\ninterface class to distinguish between control and data interfaces.\nA malicious device could present a data interface with the same class\nas the control interface, leading to premature cleanup and potential\nuse-after-free or double-free.\n\nSwitch to verifying that the interface being disconnected is indeed\nthe control interface."
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