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CVE-2026-72165: mtd: rawnand: fix condition in 'nand_select_target()'

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AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72165DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72165
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72165 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 17 · Related 16
SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1USN-8875-1USN-8875-2USN-8876-1USN-8877-1USN-8878-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: rawnand: fix condition in 'nand_select_target()' 'cs' here must be in range [0:nanddev_ntargets[.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Decrease -0.01 pp

From 0.18% on 06-10-2026

06-10-202605-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

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≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < 483a8a8581ee1274ec70e2561492096d4a7305e6 | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < c2a131fb6882c98aada739479cc96df8748d0c24 | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < e6df4fea1dc86c058e1918136c9b9d8e80c4be1b | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < 3da4eb15c7b421c2d97c402bb7bd607c44822995 | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < fbc7c8a1167b2eb56b2fd8598c29a3d5e9f8676e | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < 4bbfcf9c7e46cae58257150bf834853559382e28 | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < 8f575fc17360827ca1d1940a84f3c7ee40407a10 | ≥ 32813e288414fecce18f37f8f0d0414a64b45c56, < 8507c2cc9e4fa402401819f44d1e8a5ef4d11d8b | 5.2

3 vendors · 167 products

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