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CVE-2026-72069: Linux 5.15
CVE-2026-72069. CVSS 3.1 base score 9.8 (CRITICAL, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00728 (percentile 0.53225), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before af28d801cd2db4cc7378554499bd4a5d84a5517e, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 9d1fcd64ab81200e02b7a6db5eb1da8e244e8289, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 3cfaac77b3c32ac3940df28866de263c3f45d24c, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 1f0d56d3f1e88f20f6e46109402f8c15d59bac37, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 633cadbc0b8323f5cc140a285d2432089dbb534e, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 83f9fb561c1c3917e19f95523dd933c7d30291aa, 0f383b6dc96e976dfbf2721b0bf10bd96103b341 to before 89038cc87d80c77e7aa6f42a64b2573b74af339f
Linux
Linux · 5.15
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 9.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 39.4 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00728 · percentile 0.53225 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 16:55:38.548135+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72069.html