What is CVE-2026-72131?

CVE-2026-72131 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.188 onward and patched in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 and others. CVE-2026-72131 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72131?

CVE-2026-72131 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72131?

Yes, CVE-2026-72131 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.188 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-72131 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72131 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72131

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-apple: Prevent shared tags across queues on Apple A11 On Apple A11, tags of pending commands must be unique across the admin and IO queues, else the firmware crashes with "duplicate tag error for tag N", with N being the tag. Apply the existing workaround for M1 of reserving two tags for the admin queue to A11.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-10-03

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.188 ≥ 6.6.157 ≥ 6.12.110 ≥ 6.18

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.189 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.158 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.111 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.40 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72131?

CVE-2026-72131 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.188 onward and has been patched in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 and others. CVE-2026-72131 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72131?

Yes. CVE-2026-72131 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.188 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-72131 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72131 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.