What is CVE-2026-72148?

CVE-2026-72148 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.3 onward and patched in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-72148 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72148?

CVE-2026-72148 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72148?

Yes, CVE-2026-72148 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-72148 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72148 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72148

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: dw-edma: Add spinlock to protect DONE_INT_MASK and ABORT_INT_MASK The DONE_INT_MASK and ABORT_INT_MASK registers are shared by all DMA channels, and modifying them requires a read-modify-write sequence. Because this operation is not atomic, concurrent calls to dw_edma_v0_core_start() can introduce race conditions if two channels update these registers simultaneously. Add a spinlock to serialize access to these registers and prevent race conditions. [den: update dw_edma.lock comment]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-08-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

8.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.3

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.266 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.217 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.178 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.145 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.97 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.40 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2

References

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-72148

Severity High

CVSS score 8.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-08-15

Modified 2026-08-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72148?

CVE-2026-72148 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.3 onward and has been patched in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-72148 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72148?

CVE-2026-72148 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72148?

Yes. CVE-2026-72148 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-72148 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72148 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.