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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-72110" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-15T05:52:51.805Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-16T18:44:56.143Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72110" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-72110.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72110" title: "bpf,fork: wipe -\u003ebpf_storage before bailouts that access it" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf,fork: wipe -\u003ebpf_storage before bailouts that access it\n\nCurrently, copy_process() can bail out to free_task() before p-\u003ebpf_storage\nhas been initialized, with this call graph (shown here for the\n!CONFIG_MEMCG case):\n\ncopy_process\n dup_task_struct\n arch_dup_task_struct\n [copies the entire task_struct, including -\u003ebpf_storage member]\n [RLIMIT_NPROC check fails]\n delayed_free_task\n free_task\n bpf_task_storage_free\n rcu_dereference(task-\u003ebpf_storage)\n bpf_local_storage_destroy\n\nIn this case, the nascent task's -\u003ebpf_storage member that\nbpf_local_storage_destroy() operates on is a plain copy of the parent's\n-\u003ebpf_storage pointer, not a real initialized pointer.\nThis leads to badness (kernel hangs, UAF).\n\nThis is reachable as long as the process calling fork() has been inserted\ninto a task storage map." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7df67a4799067a59e6a2d53f8059a6be6e73e678"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"aff686efd38728e06daf12417a0d7ed454ce4cff"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c3fd6f28c7ce1142a3b23dbb840eaa4777de1d74"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9cff220ddb65b022cc668bb652200742476e744c"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c4f626ddf2350652ad2f79daf1f10847f3f6eabd"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"43f0005f81b8ce3be962d653cde8db9022f1e9b0"},{"version":"a10787e6d58c24b51e91c19c6d16c5da89fcaa4b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9b51a6155d14389876916726430da30eabb1d4ed"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.13","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.13"},{"version":"5.15.217","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.184","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.145","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.97","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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