CVE-2026-72244

Last refreshed2026-10-17

Status: UPDATED | Advisory ID: CVE-2026-72244

Key Details

CVE	CVE-2026-72244
CVSS Score / Version	7.8 (High) / CVSS v3.1
Updated	2026-10-16
CVSS Vector	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CVSS Prose	attack vector is local; attack complexity is low; privileges required is low; user interaction is none; scope is unchanged; confidentiality impact is high; integrity impact is high; availability impact is high.
Affected products	Linux Kernel

Vendor	Product	Affected Versions	Patch Status
Linux	Linux Kernel

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Affected Versions

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Linux

Linux Kernel

Subsystems	OT Supporting Infrastructure
Sectors	All Sectors

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

gpu/buddy: bail out of try_harder when alignment cannot be honoured

The try_harder contiguous fallback could return a range whose start

offset did not match the caller's min_block_size. When a candidate's

start is misaligned, realign it: free the misaligned run and reallocate

exactly @size at the next lower min_block_size boundary. This keeps the

returned size unchanged with no surplus to trim, and rejects the request

only when no aligned candidate fits.

v2: align misaligned candidates down to min_block_size instead of

bailing out, for both the RHS and LHS paths (Matthew). (NVD)

Monitor Linux's web page for any future patch releases.

Source	Reference
NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72244
CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72244

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NVD

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