9.8

CVE-2026-72041: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72041DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72041
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72041 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 7
USN-8781-1USN-8816-1USN-8816-2USN-8816-3USN-8816-4USN-8888-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 19-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: espintcp: use sk_msg_free_partial to fix partial send sk_msg_free_partial() ensures consistency of the skmsg at every iteration, without having to manually handle uncharges and offsets. This simplifies the code, and fixes some bugs in skmsg accounting when we don't send the full contents.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

54%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.06 pp

From 0.69% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-34.34
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.187-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < 518dcb84b997dff461800b079e5f2596389f766a | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < 4ea8c051b4bd7feec7749a980f2f70e1782b84d7 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < a977f78adce40b39d90d9567e7987bb110102810 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < 54d73f18f8919735f4d04d6f43374f75756c0180 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < 14c0b42c8a2cd9b5361bbff45b52f69c62c6a286 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < a66d45e0ce6d73cd79962d422388e61bfaf0cb50 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < a338ce41bc933d8f74c39d9b3b6f1d8ca53d9714 | ≥ e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593, < 007800408002d871f5699bdb944f985896730b8f | 5.6

3 vendors · 159 products

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