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CVE-2026-72440: Linux 5.17
CVE-2026-72440. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.0038 (percentile 0.30265), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 5aa705039c4fca84575539bfa2b8a28454a3d2ca to before 7a450460687919e79b5f8503bdeb13ecf4cca311, 5aa705039c4fca84575539bfa2b8a28454a3d2ca to before bffbbfcbd9393e315a7a4286dcd70e875265db9a, 5aa705039c4fca84575539bfa2b8a28454a3d2ca to before 8e065a1602511282fc0da2dc89445e0eb71a681c
Linux
Linux · 5.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/md/raid1.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) rates confidentiality impact as none; integrity impact as low; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 28.5 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.0038 · percentile 0.30265 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 12:39:55.759815+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 11:57:11.427822+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-72440.html