CVE-2026-72224: linux

CVSS: UnknownReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72224DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72224
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 17-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72224 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.22%
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 24 · Related 24
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:22091-1SUSE-SU-2026:24179-1SUSE-SU-2026:24181-1SUSE-SU-2026:24182-1SUSE-SU-2026:24184-1SUSE-SU-2026:24197-1

Timeline

  1. 15-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvdimm/btt: Free arenas on btt_init() error paths The arenas allocated by discover_arenas() or create_arenas() are not freed on some error paths in btt_init(). This leaks memory when BTT initialization fails. Call free_arenas() from the affected error paths to release the allocations. [ as: commit message and log edits ]

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.22% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu169 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≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 9ab5293d9ac3f2c4232220e563d04701f5f44607 | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 68c967e105d50f885e02b0dbdc9211fd5f84bdcd | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 0b63788093ff6ccfffe6e87de9e08aeeb406599c | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 5804e6a6912b5a1e47c821777d69191d69a3fe64 | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 52a7e7ece79c4b0f406149e19cd2b4b11a6c19e4 | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < f4ca396bdd60b4e0a665b2589bfc4ddbea9bda2b | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 7e49684d90faa34ff6d5586be658e986d9d475ac | ≥ 5212e11fde4d40fa627668b4f2222d20db488f71, < 1a6b6442a982d0ca5fb6a1a39b6f6dfd760eda57 | 4.2

3 vendors · 171 products

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