CVE-2026-72005

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00: avoid full teardown before work se...

CVE-2026-72005 is fixed in 49 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72005, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0016
5th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00: avoid full teardown before work setup in probe rt2x00lib_probe_dev() uses the full rt2x00lib_remove_dev() teardown for all probe failures. However, drv_data allocation and workqueue allocation can fail before intf_work, autowakeup_work and sleep_work have been initialized. Do not enter the full remove path until the probe has reached the point where those work items are set up. Return directly for drv_data allocation failure, and use a small early cleanup path for workqueue allocation failure. This issue was found by our static analysis tool and then confirmed by manual review of rt2x00lib_probe_dev() and rt2x00lib_remove_dev(). The early probe exits should not call a common teardown path that assumes the later work setup has already completed. A QEMU PoC forced alloc_ordered_workqueue() to fail before the work initializers are reached. The resulting fail path entered rt2x00lib_remove_dev(), and DEBUG_OBJECTS reported invalid work drains with rt2x00lib_probe_dev() and rt2x00lib_remove_dev() in the stack.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
bpftool · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-64kb · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-azure · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-default-base · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1.150700.17.51.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-docs · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_24 · sles 15.7 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-obs-build · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-source · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
kernel-syms · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-container · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-core · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug · ol 8 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:5.15.0-324.217.5.2.el9uek ELSA-2026-500249 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug-core · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug-modules · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-debug-modules-extra-netfilter · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek-modules-wireless · ol 10 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
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kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-206.104.3.3.el9uek ELSA-2026-500248 Sep 4, 2026
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 15.7 6.4.0-150700.53.90.1 SUSE-SU-2026:5091-1 Nov 7, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.180-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72005 Aug 15, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.100-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72005 Aug 15, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.1.5-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72005 Aug 15, 2026

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