CVE•Published 2026-08-15•Modified 2026-08-23•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-72041
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
47
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 53% of all CVEs
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: espintcp: use sk_msg_free_partial to fix partial send sk_msg_free_partial() ensures consistency of the skmsg at every iteration, without having to manually handle uncharges and offsets. This simplifies the code, and fixes some bugs in skmsg accounting when we don't send the full contents.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-23
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