9.8

CVE-2026-72494: linux

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72494DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72494
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72494 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.1% 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
0.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.24 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 18 · Related 18
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21910-1SUSE-SU-2026:23477-1SUSE-SU-2026:23481-1SUSE-SU-2026:23528-1SUSE-SU-2026:23529-1SUSE-SU-2026:23881-1

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: RDMA/irdma: Replace waitqueue and flag with completion The driver previously used a waitqueue along with an explicit request_done flag, but without proper barriers around request_done. An earlier patch by Gui-Dong Han <hanguidong02@gmail.com> attempted to fix this by adding the missing memory barriers. Rather than adding the barriers, this patch replaces the waitqueue+flag with a completion, which is designed for this exact purpose.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.24 pp

From 0.41% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.65%

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) | < 7.0.0-34.34
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.0-1013.13
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.1.5-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520, < 706591cccdd3ac2c0ddc8c2ed6c89a6be9865826 | ≥ 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520, < bde37aed0724c0139dea177f3aae8d989b6babb1 | ≥ 44d9e52977a1b90b0db1c7f8b197c218e9226520, < d9c8c45e6d2f438a3c8e643ae78b59454fa0fadd | 5.14

3 vendors · 159 products

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