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CVE-2026-72144: Linux 2.6.37
CVE-2026-72144. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00163 (percentile 0.05168), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f to before e4908b3bed755f73870416b971e162a8d0ef0aef, 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f to before 6bd76d5421a72d2526c9be8f01f55bee960f899f, 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f to before 1e41ca4a7fba2e680d6950e9511245255fffa46c, 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f to before b351e082711d12f075a36a6cd67709693689315f, 037accfa14b28ecf49d9060063929c4b4cde373f to before 6e9cab2247e5b243ae2d907ce7c948a8a9c8d61a
Linux
Linux · 2.6.37
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-laptop.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 31.2 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00163 · percentile 0.05168 · 2026-10-15
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-16 19:24:35.956875+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72144.html