Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72165
Published: August 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU143426
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-2026-72165
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 out-of-bounds access in nand_select_target() when handling an invalid chip-select target index. A local attacker can trigger the vulnerable code path with an out-of-range cs value to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-72165
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3da4eb15c7b421c2d97c402bb7bd607c44822995
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/483a8a8581ee1274ec70e2561492096d4a7305e6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bbfcf9c7e46cae58257150bf834853559382e28
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8507c2cc9e4fa402401819f44d1e8a5ef4d11d8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f575fc17360827ca1d1940a84f3c7ee40407a10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a131fb6882c98aada739479cc96df8748d0c24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6df4fea1dc86c058e1918136c9b9d8e80c4be1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc7c8a1167b2eb56b2fd8598c29a3d5e9f8676e