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CVE-2026-72170: Linux 4.17
CVE-2026-72170. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00169 (percentile 0.05773), scored 15-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before 6086469f7d469549bfd070348b717a6e43736200, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before ab257019cb72f467b55c95384d99c94e3908b928, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before 4ec4ebe40c82cb4c60756732f6593055d010c59c, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before a5a682b016ef5b5384e28f6d652d47a8f8e73d37, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before de79c3f3643841b8659a71958df7cf2a66bfd409, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before 8d610017c992de705b304d3d727a6e3a86af6149, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before 8faccac11e1369adddf5d80f4a45af93f13b2e1a, ac89b2ef9b55924bcf922251f043ba73a32d05bb to before 574aa0b4799470ac814479f1138d19efe6262255
Linux
Linux · 4.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/9p/vfs_inode.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
- 0.00169 · percentile 0.05773 · 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-2026-72170.html