CVE-2026-72236

Updated on 15 Aug 2026

Severity

Awaiting Analysis

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Overview

About vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/perf_cpum_cf: Add missing array_index_nospec() to __hw_perf_event_init()

ev variable is userspace controlled via event->attr.config and used as an array index after bounds checking, but without speculation barriers.

Add the missing array_index_nospec() call to prevent speculative execution.

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KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
Debian 12 Planned