4.8

CVE-2026-72501: linux

CVSS: 4.8v4.0MediumReceived
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72501DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72501
Published 15-08-2026Last modified 17-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-72501 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
19/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (OSV · Ubuntu), selected by version preference
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 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
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. 17-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Initialize dpi variable to zero dpi is initialized only for BNXT_RE_ALLOC_WC_PAGE, but copied for all the cases. So initialize the dpi to 0.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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, < b87cbd4d198ae377be4815d8102fa9dfefb91dcc | ≥ 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956, < 3d00b375853fbbf4157ad092884b4ed9a49429c1 | ≥ 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956, < 978b27d6ce538bb832ccd69e45802824e4301c4b | 6.5

3 vendors · 144 products

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