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CVE-2026-72437: Linux kernel RAID1 can lose memory on non‑waiting reads
CVE-2026-72437 · published 2 months ago
Summary
The Linux kernel versions used in Canonical's HWE Edge, AWS 5.0, AWS 5.3, Azure, and Azure 5.3 releases may leak memory when a RAID‑1 read is retried without waiting. Over time the leaked memory can reduce system performance or cause instability. Update to the latest kernel packages from Canonical to apply the fix.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 6.1.180-1.
- Update debian linux to version 6.12.100-1.
- Update debian linux to version 7.1.5-1.
- Update linux kernel to version 7.1.5.
- Update canonical linux to version 6.8.0-147.147.
- Update canonical linux-aws to version 6.8.0-1067.70.
- Update canonical linux-aws-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-azure to version 6.8.0-1071.79.
- Update canonical linux-azure-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 6.8.0-1069.76.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fde-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-gcp to version 6.8.0-1071.79.
- Update canonical linux-gcp-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-gke to version 6.8.0-1066.74.
- Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 6.8.0-1052.56.
- Update canonical linux-hwe-7.0 to version 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4.
- Update canonical linux-ibm to version 6.8.0-1067.68.
- Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 6.8.0-147.147.1.
- Update canonical linux-oracle to version 6.8.0-1064.67.
- Update canonical linux-oracle-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-riscv-7.0 to version 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1.
- Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 6.8.0-1033.38.
- Update canonical linux-realtime to version 6.8.1-1062.63.
- Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1.
- Update canonical linux-fips to version 6.8.0-147.147+fips1.
- Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1.
- Update canonical linux to version 7.0.0-38.38.
- Update canonical linux-aws to version 7.0.0-1014.14.
- Update canonical linux-azure to version 7.0.0-1017.17.
- Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 7.0.0-1016.16.
- Update canonical linux-gcp to version 7.0.0-1014.14.
- Update canonical linux-gke to version 7.0.0-1008.9.
- Update canonical linux-ibm to version 7.0.0-1015.15.
- Update canonical linux-oem-7.0 to version 7.0.0-1015.15.
- Update canonical linux-oracle to version 7.0.0-1013.13.
- Update canonical linux-realtime to version 7.0.0-38.38.1.
- Update canonical linux-riscv to version 7.0.0-38.38.1.
- Update linux linux to version d1eda529a4bf6b866d02755723ee0eb1f037a5ed or later.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-4.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.4 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-edge | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:18.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.3 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop-5.15 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.10 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.6 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.13 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:20.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-allwinner-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.8 | All versions |
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| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-intel-iot-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-5.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.1 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-5.19 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.2 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-starfive-6.5 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux |
< 6.8.0-147.147 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws |
< 6.8.0-1067.70 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.70
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure |
< 6.8.0-1071.79 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde |
< 6.8.0-1069.76 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1069.76
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp |
< 6.8.0-1071.79 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm |
< 6.8.0-1067.68 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.68
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency |
< 6.8.0-147.147.1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-7.0 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-lowlatency | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-tegra | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-6.8 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle |
< 6.8.0-1064.67 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1064.67
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1
|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-xilinx | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-bluefield |
< 6.8.0-1033.38 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1033.38
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws-fips |
< 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fips |
< 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-fips |
< 6.8.0-147.147+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp-fips |
< 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi-realtime | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime |
< 6.8.1-1062.63 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.1-1062.63
|
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.14 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime-6.17 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux |
< 7.0.0-38.38 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38
|
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-aws |
< 7.0.0-1014.14 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure |
< 7.0.0-1017.17 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1017.17
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-azure-fde |
< 7.0.0-1016.16 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1016.16
|
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gcp |
< 7.0.0-1014.14 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1014.14
|
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke |
< 7.0.0-1008.9 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1008.9
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-ibm |
< 7.0.0-1015.15 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1015.15
|
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-nvidia-bos | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oem-7.0 |
< 7.0.0-1015.15 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1015.15
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-oracle |
< 7.0.0-1013.13 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-1013.13
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-raspi | All versions |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-realtime |
< 7.0.0-38.38.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1
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| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | canonical | linux-riscv |
< 7.0.0-38.38.1 Fix: upgrade to 7.0.0-38.38.1
|
| – | linux | linux |
< d1eda529a4bf6b866d02755723ee0eb1f037a5ed 5.17 |
| Debian:12 | debian | linux |
< 6.1.180-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.1.180-1
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| Debian:13 | debian | linux |
< 6.12.100-1 Fix: upgrade to 6.12.100-1
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| Debian:14 | debian | linux |
< 7.1.5-1 Fix: upgrade to 7.1.5-1
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gke |
< 6.8.0-1066.74 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1066.74
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-gkeop |
< 6.8.0-1052.56 Fix: upgrade to 6.8.0-1052.56
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| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.11 | All versions |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | canonical | linux-hwe-6.14 | All versions |
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 6.19.0, < 7.1.5 Fix: upgrade to 7.1.5
|
Original advisory text
md/raid1: free r1_bio when REQ_NOWAIT is set and read would block on retry
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid1: free r1_bio when REQ_NOWAIT is set and read would block on retry When a read is retried, raid1_read_request() may be called with a pre-allocated r1_bio. If wait_read_barrier() fails for a REQ_NOWAIT read, the bio is completed and the function returns immediately. In this case the existing r1_bio is leaked. This fixes a leak of pre-allocated r1_bio structures for retried reads.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-72437 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-72437 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72437 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72437... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72437 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/69ad6ce47f9bf2b9fe0ed69b042db993d33bbf12 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69ad6ce47f9bf2b9fe0ed69b042db993d33bbf12 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d92dbd73d19a0622f60352ce9d9379f7a760112 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c66ed3e6371f5dba8f5d8ab810d6683ddc99201e Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6e6354295845698d2fdfa20b71fc404786f7e93 Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1eda529a4bf6b866d02755723ee0eb1f037a5ed Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db58075bc9c2ad2731f9c063859b47104bc2e7ef Third Party Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8888-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8889-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8887-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8888-2 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8887-2 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8887-3 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8917-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8918-1 Vendor Advisory
Timeline
Published15 Aug 2026
Updated29 Oct 2026
First seen15 Aug 2026
Sources
CVE-2026-72437 · OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72437 · OSV
CVE-2026-72437 · NVD
CVE-2026-72437 · MITRE
UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72437 · OSV
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