Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72486

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Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72486

Published: August 15, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU142961
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72486
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the mtk-adsp mailbox driver when handling a late interrupt during device teardown after a failed SOF audio driver initialization. A local attacker can trigger a failed probe condition that leaves the IRQ line active and cause a late interrupt to access freed memory to cause a denial of service.

The crash was observed after probe failure in the SOF audio driver initialization path.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-72486

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1

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