7.8

CVE-2026-72261: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72261DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72261
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72261 is a high (CVSS 7.8) 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 · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 9
RHSA-2026:71016RHSA-2026:71213RHSA-2026:71232USN-8886-1USN-8887-1USN-8887-2

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: ASoC: SOF: ipc3-control: Validate size in snd_sof_update_control In snd_sof_update_control(), firmware-provided cdata->num_elems is checked against local_cdata->data->size but never against the actual allocation size. If local_cdata->data->size was previously set to an inconsistent value, the memcpy could write past the allocated buffer. Add a bounds check to ensure num_elems fits within the available space in the ipc_control_data allocation before copying.

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

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu142 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 7.0.0-38.38
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 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≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < 1dc25a3e06364f48c4ef06016852f8b82425151a | ≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < ee781058cd4d71e4449f41cbe6a3b8c59daa2c51 | ≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < ecf67f1302f2080b4d241b973364aacda70ad740 | ≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < d3abaedf6a58469610136d2dace1a85cddf7afcf | ≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < 2a591bf6fd41fd14bdae689aafac4a9ee702c23c | ≥ 10f461d79c2d1afb22344986cc1b4631169cf25e, < 390aa4c9339bb0ec0bc8d554e830faf93ca9d49e | 5.18

3 vendors · 144 products

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