CVE-2026-53162

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. the CNA's CVSS baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:linux, epss, ghsa
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock

Harry Yoo reported that get_random_u32_below() is not safe to call in the nmi context and memcg charge draining can happen in nmi context.

More specifically get_random_u32_below() is neither reentrant- nor NMI-safe: it acquires a per-cpu local_lock via local_lock_irqsave() on the batched_entropy_u32 state. An NMI that lands on a CPU mid-update of the ChaCha batch state and recurses into the random subsystem would corrupt that state. The memcg_stock local_trylock prevents re-entry on the percpu stock itself, but cannot protect an unrelated subsystem's per-cpu lock.

Replace the random pick with a per-cpu round-robin counter stored in memcg_stock_pcp and serialized by the same local_trylock that already guards cached[] and nr_pages[]. No atomics, no random calls, no extra locks needed.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 28, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0cafe24d3f6534294c4b2bc2d47734ff7cbd313
generic

memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd8215e25aa6999cc51696da418e0d422bc5e0
generic

memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00731bd7e18f182a32ca54d6b176eaa470b51ed7

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-53162(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (145 versions)7.0.13-1

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 58× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 205 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-11 14:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-53162?
CVE-2026-53162 is a high vulnerability published on June 25, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memcg: use round-robin victim selection in refill_stock Harry Yoo reported that getrandomu32_below() is not safe to call in the nmi context and memcg charge draining can happen in nmi context. More specifically getrandomu32_below()…
When was CVE-2026-53162 disclosed?
CVE-2026-53162 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-53162 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-53162 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 93.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53162?
CVE-2026-53162 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 7.8 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-53162?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-53162, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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