{"cve":"CVE-2026-72181","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:36.393","modified":"2026-08-19T17:21:00.547","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption\n\nThis patch addresses a critical memory management flaw. When\nCONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, cpumask_var_t is a pointer.\nConsequently, sizeof(new_mask) evaluates to the pointer size, causing\ncopy_from_user() to clobber the mask pointer. Furthermore, the old\nlogic performed copy_from_user() before allocating the mask.\n\nFix this by allocating new_mask first. To handle variable-sized user\nmasks correctly, use cpumask_size() to truncate overly large user masks\nor pad undersized masks with zeros before copying the data directly into\nthe allocated buffer.","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/15ba8053fe4162c933855f1676fb321cdb6251c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caee6e084a96ada94658f261ced377d85af3f03","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f7730c03a9deea3ba7a1c980070d363b4ea2046","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3446ffb5d03c36f9ce88ede7ca5be319a2968d96","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87a56c1e8e36d06ebe8640432f911538ded7827d"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72181","score":0.00164,"percentile":0.05617,"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."]}