PT-2026-72345 · Git+4 · Kernel+166

CVE-2026-72157

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Published

2026-08-15

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Updated

2026-08-23

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

VectorAV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description An issue exists in the ThunderboltIP packet assembly process where the tbnet poll() function assembles multi-frame packets into a single socket buffer (skb). The tbnet check frame() function fails to properly bound the peer-supplied frame count variable, allowing it to exceed the MAX SKB FRAGS limit. A remote peer sending a packet with 19 or more small frames can cause the skb add rx frag() function to write beyond the frags[] array in skb shinfo(), leading to memory corruption.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-72157

Affected Products

Kernel
Linux
Linux-Allwinner-5.19
Linux-Aws
Linux-Aws-5.0
Linux-Aws-5.11
Linux-Aws-5.13
Linux-Aws-5.15
Linux-Aws-5.19
Linux-Aws-5.3
Linux-Aws-5.4
Linux-Aws-5.8
Linux-Aws-6.14
Linux-Aws-6.17
Linux-Aws-6.2
Linux-Aws-6.5
Linux-Aws-6.8
Linux-Aws-7.0
Linux-Aws-Fips
Linux-Aws-Hwe
Linux-Azure
Linux-Azure-4.15
Linux-Azure-5.11
Linux-Azure-5.13
Linux-Azure-5.15
Linux-Azure-5.19
Linux-Azure-5.3
Linux-Azure-5.4
Linux-Azure-5.8
Linux-Azure-6.11
Linux-Azure-6.14
Linux-Azure-6.17
Linux-Azure-6.2
Linux-Azure-6.5
Linux-Azure-6.8
Linux-Azure-7.0
Linux-Azure-Edge
Linux-Azure-Fde
Linux-Azure-Fde-5.15
Linux-Azure-Fde-5.19
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.14
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.17
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.2
Linux-Azure-Fde-6.8
Linux-Azure-Fde-7.0
Linux-Azure-Fips
Linux-Azure-Nvidia
Linux-Azure-Nvidia-6.14
Linux-Bluefield
Linux-Fips
Linux-Gcp
Linux-Gcp-4.15
Linux-Gcp-5.11
Linux-Gcp-5.13
Linux-Gcp-5.15
Linux-Gcp-5.19
Linux-Gcp-5.3
Linux-Gcp-5.4
Linux-Gcp-5.8
Linux-Gcp-6.11
Linux-Gcp-6.14
Linux-Gcp-6.17
Linux-Gcp-6.2
Linux-Gcp-6.5
Linux-Gcp-6.8
Linux-Gcp-7.0
Linux-Gcp-Fips
Linux-Gke
Linux-Gke-4.15
Linux-Gkeop-5.15
Linux-Gke-5.4
Linux-Gkeop
Linux-Hwe
Linux-Hwe-5.11
Linux-Hwe-5.13
Linux-Hwe-5.15
Linux-Hwe-5.19
Linux-Hwe-5.4
Linux-Hwe-5.8
Linux-Hwe-6.11
Linux-Hwe-6.14
Linux-Hwe-6.17
Linux-Hwe-6.2
Linux-Hwe-6.5
Linux-Hwe-6.8
Linux-Hwe-7.0
Linux-Hwe-Edge
Linux-Ibm
Linux-Ibm-5.15
Linux-Ibm-5.4
Linux-Ibm-6.8
Linux-Intel-5.13
Linux-Intel-Iot-Realtime
Linux-Intel-Iotg
Linux-Intel-Iotg-5.15
Linux-Iot
Linux-Kvm
Linux-Lowlatency
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.15
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-5.19
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.11
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.2
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.5
Linux-Lowlatency-Hwe-6.8
Linux-Lts
Linux-Nvidia
Linux-Nvidia-6.11
Linux-Nvidia-6.17
Linux-Nvidia-6.2
Linux-Nvidia-6.5
Linux-Nvidia-6.8
Linux-Nvidia-7.0
Linux-Nvidia-Bos
Linux-Nvidia-Lowlatency
Linux-Nvidia-Tegra
Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-5.15
Linux-Nvidia-Tegra-Igx
Linux-Oem
Linux-Oem-5.10
Linux-Oem-5.13
Linux-Oem-5.14
Linux-Oem-5.17
Linux-Oem-5.6
Linux-Oem-6.0
Linux-Oem-6.1
Linux-Oem-6.11
Linux-Oem-6.14
Linux-Oem-6.17
Linux-Oem-6.5
Linux-Oem-6.8
Linux-Oem-7.0
Linux-Oracle
Linux-Oracle-5.0
Linux-Oracle-5.11
Linux-Oracle-5.13
Linux-Oracle-5.15
Linux-Oracle-5.3
Linux-Oracle-5.4
Linux-Oracle-5.8
Linux-Oracle-6.14
Linux-Oracle-6.17
Linux-Oracle-6.5
Linux-Oracle-6.8
Linux-Oracle-7.0
Linux-Raspi
Linux-Raspi-5.4
Linux-Raspi-Realtime
Linux-Raspi2
Linux-Realtime
Linux-Realtime-6.14
Linux-Realtime-6.17
Linux-Realtime-6.8
Linux-Riscv
Linux-Riscv-5.11
Linux-Riscv-5.15
Linux-Riscv-5.19
Linux-Riscv-5.8
Linux-Riscv-6.14
Linux-Riscv-6.17
Linux-Riscv-6.5
Linux-Riscv-6.8
Linux-Riscv-7.0
Linux-Starfive-5.19
Linux-Starfive-6.2
Linux-Starfive-6.5
Linux-Xilinx
Linux-Xilinx-Zynqmp