← Back to CVE intelligence
CVE intelligence

CVE-2026-72012

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Aug 15, 2026Sources checked Oct 8, 2026
7.8HIGHCVSS out of 10
What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2026-72012 and is rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.8. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.2%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview

What is CVE-2026-72012?

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

tracing/osnoise: Call synchronize_rcu() when unregistering

This ensures that any RCU readers traversing the instance list have finished, before releasing the reference on the tracer that the instance points to.

Source: NVD