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CVE-2026-72102: linux Double Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72102DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72102
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 19-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72102 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 26 · Related 24
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1RHSA-2026:68507RHSA-2026:68570SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1

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: dm_early_create: fix freeing used table on dm_resume failure If dm_resume fails, the kernel attempts to free table with dm_table_destroy, but the table was already instantiated with dm_swap_table. This commit skips the call to dm_table_destroy in this case.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Ubuntu165 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-198.208 | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1117.124 | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 7.0.0-1014.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.180-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 3ba377a47a093cc19647ca7f102acd33a211d472 | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 72c3283a2abd60ecef295e02270f22ef1dfccd25 | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < d6066145347e14db84c35b445e309f095d0d8125 | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 259ce9e3fc3a3f8c4e393a2072b8f34302eb4d5a | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 5f6500d44a912d4aed664600966706d76b81d9af | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 92e3c93d60be1f2425738cd66dbadac7d6bc0cd1 | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 7d8ed7cb844df21e4d93af11250fb3a5cb861147 | ≥ 6bbc923dfcf57d6b97388819a7393835664c7a8e, < 366665416f20527ff7cad548a32d1ddf23195740 | 5.1

3 vendors · 167 products

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