{"cve":"CVE-2026-72027","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:01.843","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:00.417","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/compaction: handle free_pages_prepare() properly in compaction_free()\n\nfree_pages_prepare() can fail but compaction_free() does not handle the\nfailure case.  Failed pages should not be added back to cc->freepages for\nfuture use, since they can be either PageHWPoison or free_page_is_bad()\nand might cause data corruption.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018d7ad26cb8bdfe9842f2ca68a42b0bfdcc82fe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23afc3786acf359c135093893fb43a436768c832","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da7d599b8a83271c464adfd5ef160202b470570","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de8577db09039d4950239b01446ab5ead9028ab4"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72027","score":0.00175,"percentile":0.06989,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}