cpu: hotplug: Bound hotplug states sysfs output
Priority LOW 35CWE-120Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-120 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpu: hotplug: Bound hotplug states sysfs output states_show() adds CPU hotplug state names into a single sysfs buffer using sprintf(). With enough registered states, this can write past the end of the PAGE_SIZE buffer. Use sysfs_emit_at() so output is bounded.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00177 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.265, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.265, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72066
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-58q4-579w-9x9r
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-20 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27481cf4365a6ff5c9be3590143e7ed434000266
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2408be459c70ef4250da1a9e50f5478e6b250d61
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de4d3d8ae17dc8b4cf8c59436c4b7e2dc2491635
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/998f66e9ce320f3433f60b948e3698b744754a46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61a73a123ac7a7fbc57382531f8cb7092d569aba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cb15b81ff545840048fb0e1a6e827d560dbf367
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631d53102da9f469c96b882b770336bec095b833
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86f436567f2516a0083b210bedc933544826a2c3
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72066 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72066 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-58q4-579w-9x9r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72066 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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