---
id: CVE-2026-72087
title: 'scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup()'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup()

  The memory allocated for mboxq using mempool_alloc() is not freed in
  some of the early exit error path…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    4d920852c0a3cfbcb42bcd2680b091f5c0072fc2
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    7795037f15289ac1ed620603511b67d820a93762
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    299f5baa1321a0951cc3ebbacc72b67433a65391
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    c3f4e407661542d1d284fc889cf9f27afd11b3d3
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    25cac8a302626f59ca84fa3339e2506c3ac761bc
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    ed08497977820e002a62cb114440f365cc7a087f
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    0ce5a37f7ddf2fc12210e8700350274da79fbb3a
  - >-
    Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 <
    1bd28625e25be549ee7c47532e7c3ef91c682410
  - Linux 5.4
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T16:51:24.796965Z'
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T16:55:19.851Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72087'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d920852c0a3cfbcb42bcd2680b091f5c0072fc2'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7795037f15289ac1ed620603511b67d820a93762'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299f5baa1321a0951cc3ebbacc72b67433a65391'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f4e407661542d1d284fc889cf9f27afd11b3d3'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cac8a302626f59ca84fa3339e2506c3ac761bc'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed08497977820e002a62cb114440f365cc7a087f'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce5a37f7ddf2fc12210e8700350274da79fbb3a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd28625e25be549ee7c47532e7c3ef91c682410'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.0022
epssPercentile: 0.126
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T18:00:12.597Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup()

The memory allocated for mboxq using mempool_alloc() is not freed in
some of the early exit error paths. Fix that by moving the
mempool_free() call to an earlier point after last use.

## Affected

- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 4d920852c0a3cfbcb42bcd2680b091f5c0072fc2`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 7795037f15289ac1ed620603511b67d820a93762`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 299f5baa1321a0951cc3ebbacc72b67433a65391`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < c3f4e407661542d1d284fc889cf9f27afd11b3d3`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 25cac8a302626f59ca84fa3339e2506c3ac761bc`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < ed08497977820e002a62cb114440f365cc7a087f`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 0ce5a37f7ddf2fc12210e8700350274da79fbb3a`
- `Linux >= d79c9e9d4b3d9330ee38f392a7c98e0fc494f7f8 < 1bd28625e25be549ee7c47532e7c3ef91c682410`
- `Linux 5.4`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.