CVE-2026-53162

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 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(high)
EPSS
3.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 25, 2026

Last Modified

July 6, 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.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 32× in last 7d / 50× 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.

  1. 2026-07-06 20:10 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 06:56 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-06 06:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-05 17:43 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-05 17:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 04:30 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 04:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 15:14 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 15:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 02:01 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 02:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-03 12:47 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-07-03 12:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-02 23:04 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-02 23:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-02 09:52 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-02 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-01 20:40 UTCEG score recompute
Show 25 more
  1. 2026-07-01 20:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-01 07:27 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-01 07:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-30 18:15 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-06-30 18:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-06-30 05:03 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-30 05:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-29 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-06-29 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-29 02:37 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-29 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-28 13:24 UTCEG score recompute 7.80
  18. 2026-06-28 13:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-06-28 07:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  20. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-25 10:09 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-25 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment

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 July 6, 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 3.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-53162?
CVE-2026-53162 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
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.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2026-53162

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2026-53162?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.