{"cve":"CVE-2026-72109","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:25.203","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:10.020","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: sparx5: unregister blocking notifier on init failure\n\nsparx5_register_notifier_blocks() registers the switchdev blocking\nnotifier before allocating the ordered workqueue. If the workqueue\nallocation fails, the error path unregisters the switchdev and netdevice\nnotifiers, but leaves the blocking notifier registered.\n\nAdd a separate error label for the workqueue allocation failure path and\nunregister the switchdev blocking notifier there.","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/17f113e7b622dc850992ade540181717de6a8561","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/483be61b4a9a6df3b7cb277e8f189e082dee4cb8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3c44a003176282ee4306b7c96e5a536c6f0707","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf419c869e0d03aad4b6f4ecf0a813851930dfe7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6084c47389fd6978a5d66b0d58206a548c792a9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72109","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.05597,"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."]}