7.8

CVE-2026-72435: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72435DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72435
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72435 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 · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 25 · Related 25
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. 16-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ipset: fix order of kfree_rcu() and rcu_assign_pointer() Sashiko pointed out that kfree_rcu() was called before rcu_assign_pointer() in handling the comment extension. Fix the order so that rcu_assign_pointer() called first.

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

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≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < c9787d7c24ffd83019f379455e1b97fb4f0f75eb | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < 6e98407cb94e035bba98956adc9096a76d8b2a9f | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < 50b70f56f3baaff46599f59b2d93fa2540120776 | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < d01b4b471f0fc5c396af62845e972ccf99cee29a | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < fcb565966534909377a16be5f7b065db2e25c8b5 | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < 8087bb360a936a6314d22b567e4b861656943eb6 | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < 93a775fd67f3ef34949a9523bfa69403ee74efdd | ≥ b57b2d1fa53fe8563bdfc66a33b844463b9af285, < 3ca9982a8882470aa0ac4e8bb9a552b181d1efcd | 4.2

3 vendors · 171 products

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