CVE-2026-72435

Public on 2026-08-15
Modified on 2026-08-19
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfilter: ipset: fix order of kfree_rcu() and rcu_assign_pointer()
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel 2026-08-17 ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2026-129 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel 2026-08-25 ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2026-113 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel 2026-08-17 ALAS2023-2026-2058 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 2026-08-17 ALAS2023-2026-2057 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.18 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L