9.8

CVE-2026-72399: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72399DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72399
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 17-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72399 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.5% 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
0.68%
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 17 · Related 17

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: net: enetc: check the number of BDs needed for xdp_frame The size of xdp_redirect_arr array is ENETC_MAX_SKB_FRAGS. However, the number of fragments contained in xdp_frame may be greater than or equal to ENETC_MAX_SKB_FRAGS, which will cause the access to xdp_redirect_arr to be out of bounds.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.67% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

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

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< 6.1.180-1 | < 6.12.100-1 | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < 1ecb199b0e6d12ab6c26c0b7edf1a8f4472d9aed | ≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < f55276160ffad3e235b657ee4b7304eb99b90e5c | ≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < cfbc6e9b84dcc0aa2d65c84ea4745af327763209 | ≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < 1681cc7974a6123f5d5740b03bc11e4784bd2542 | ≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < d22829101ab675607ad6c3d420fb3ab875f46bbb | ≥ 9d2b68cc108db2fdb35022ed2d88cfb305c441a6, < 555c5475e787802eeae0d2b91c2f66c330db2767 | 5.13

3 vendors · 159 products

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