CVE-2026-72041
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.8%
53.2th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
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Published 2026-08-15 · modified 2026-08-23
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: espintcp: use sk_msg_free_partial to fix partial send sk_msg_free_partial() ensures consistency of the skmsg at every iteration, without having to manually handle uncharges and offsets. This simplifies the code, and fixes some bugs in skmsg accounting when we don't send the full contents.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/007800408002d871f5699bdb944f985896730b8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14c0b42c8a2cd9b5361bbff45b52f69c62c6a286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea8c051b4bd7feec7749a980f2f70e1782b84d7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518dcb84b997dff461800b079e5f2596389f766a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d73f18f8919735f4d04d6f43374f75756c0180
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a338ce41bc933d8f74c39d9b3b6f1d8ca53d9714
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66d45e0ce6d73cd79962d422388e61bfaf0cb50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a977f78adce40b39d90d9567e7987bb110102810