{"cve":"CVE-2026-72435","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:17.343","modified":"2026-10-16T19:17:30.343","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: ipset: fix order of kfree_rcu() and rcu_assign_pointer()\n\nSashiko pointed out that kfree_rcu() was called before\nrcu_assign_pointer() in handling the comment extension.\nFix the order so that rcu_assign_pointer() called first.","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/3ca9982a8882470aa0ac4e8bb9a552b181d1efcd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50b70f56f3baaff46599f59b2d93fa2540120776","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e98407cb94e035bba98956adc9096a76d8b2a9f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8087bb360a936a6314d22b567e4b861656943eb6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93a775fd67f3ef34949a9523bfa69403ee74efdd"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72435","score":0.00169,"percentile":0.06184,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}