CVE-2026-72012CWE-667

CVE-2026-72012

High · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering

This ensures that any RCU readers traversing the instance list

have finished, before releasing the reference on the tracer that

the instance points to.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00127 · 2.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-667 · Improper Locking
Published
2026-08-15T10:20Z
References (6)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38366140dc8ee3568c7f0191d517e117963bd580 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c693635bb7b3a9b6645831a84fed2af46cdf249 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/428cedade9b2cc8e48f00742df0cfd770e77a803 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0160a0842337f12e7694d68b184050afc6d3a4 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fad36954b29592ce463254179c3043697678481f · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe58f457ad8d0a2bef4e053cfecca4b5cd266b1a · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:51Z
    tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering
    cvelistv5