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    "id": "CVE-2026-72401",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72401",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-08-15T05:56:26.197Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-08-17T05:13:58.017Z",
    "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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    "facts": {
      "title": "bpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix insn_aux_data leak on verifier err_free_env path\n\nWhen bpf_check() allocates env->insn_aux_data successfully but later\nfails to allocate env->succ, it jumps directly to err_free_env.\n\nThe existing vfree(env->insn_aux_data) sits before the err_free_env\nlabel, so that direct jump bypasses it and leaks insn_aux_data.\n\nMove vfree(env->insn_aux_data) into err_free_env so all early and late\nexit paths release it consistently.",
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              "version": "0",
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              "version": "7.2",
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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