9.3

CVE-2026-72495: linux

CVSS: 9.3v3.1CriticalReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72495DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72495
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 16-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72495 is a critical (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.3/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 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/bnxt_re: Avoid repeated requests to allocate WC pages Applications can request multiple WC pages for the same ucontext. As of now, only 1 WC page per ucontext is supported. Add a lock to avoid concurrent access and a check to fail repeated requests. Also, if the mmap entry insert fails for the WC, free the Doorbell page index mapped for the WC page.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

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) | < 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≥ 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956, < 478c4d24193fe3e6aa2accd4874ae43000e4a217 | ≥ 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956, < da406b8b49c1dfe661a497483940d7ee781430db | ≥ 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956, < 441baa79043431807115fd030d7d0bb14ed441a0 | 6.5

3 vendors · 144 products

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