What is CVE-2026-72485?

CVE-2026-72485 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and patched in 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53 and others. CVE-2026-72485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72485?

CVE-2026-72485 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72485?

Yes, CVE-2026-72485 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-72485 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-72485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-72485

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: platform: defer connection counter increment until alloc succeeds coresight_add_out_conn() increments nr_outconns before calling devm_krealloc_array() and again before devm_kmalloc(). If either allocation fails, the counter is already bumped while the corresponding array entry is NULL or uninitialized garbage. coresight_add_in_conn() has the same problem with nr_inconns and devm_krealloc_array(). In both cases the probe returns -ENOMEM, which causes coresight_get_platform_data() to call coresight_release_platform_data() for cleanup. That function iterates up to nr_outconns (or nr_inconns) entries and dereferences each pointer unconditionally, hitting the NULL or garbage entry and panicking instead of failing gracefully. Fix by moving the counter increments to after all allocations succeed, so the struct is always consistent on any error path.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-08-15

Last modified 2026-10-03

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 7.1.5, 7.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.5

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.158 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.111 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.53 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2

References

5 total

Details

CVE ID CVE-2026-72485

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2026-08-15

Modified 2026-10-03

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72485?

CVE-2026-72485 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.5 onward and has been patched in 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53 and others. CVE-2026-72485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-72485?

CVE-2026-72485 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-72485?

Yes. CVE-2026-72485 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-72485 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-72485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.