๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-72041

CRITICAL 9.8

espintcp: use sk_msg_free_partial to fix partial send

CVSS Score
9.8
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Aug 15, 2026
Last Updated Aug 23, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 518dcb84b997dff461800b079e5f2596389f766a e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 4ea8c051b4bd7feec7749a980f2f70e1782b84d7 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < a977f78adce40b39d90d9567e7987bb110102810 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 54d73f18f8919735f4d04d6f43374f75756c0180 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 14c0b42c8a2cd9b5361bbff45b52f69c62c6a286 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < a66d45e0ce6d73cd79962d422388e61bfaf0cb50 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < a338ce41bc933d8f74c39d9b3b6f1d8ca53d9714 e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 007800408002d871f5699bdb944f985896730b8f
Linux / Linux
5.6

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518dcb84b997dff461800b079e5f2596389f766a git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea8c051b4bd7feec7749a980f2f70e1782b84d7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a977f78adce40b39d90d9567e7987bb110102810 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54d73f18f8919735f4d04d6f43374f75756c0180 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14c0b42c8a2cd9b5361bbff45b52f69c62c6a286 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a66d45e0ce6d73cd79962d422388e61bfaf0cb50 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a338ce41bc933d8f74c39d9b3b6f1d8ca53d9714 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/007800408002d871f5699bdb944f985896730b8f