CVE-2026-72024

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
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:

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion

Queue wake, stop, and disable paths walk local->interfaces under RCU. The bulk hardware teardown path removes entries with list_del(), so an asynchronous transmit completion can follow a poisoned list node in ieee802154_wake_queue().

Use list_del_rcu() as in the single-interface removal path. The following unregister_netdevice() waits for in-flight RCU readers before freeing the netdevice, so no separate grace-period wait is needed.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(high)
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
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8b5b66388a51febe4b8505b0ecd9da15b4ba639
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7c031b75218b3ba3014a0f6b9849888994528d6
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b91e5248dd7af09b500879a46d22a36b60db3a57
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77caf2d6eba7cb94a7ecd7b369a5974fd7d7c054
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72ac5af9ad09662bd0ea91cb8845d490c8ef9c01
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/539dfcf69105d8d3d4d677b71de6e5ede2e6dfa0
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bf231f459b542414629b64f63d5cad6701bd07c
generic

mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2039f27b1a0c997137a5de7f8a3cee0e80fbf952

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72024(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 30× in last 7d / 30× 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. 2026-08-21 07:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-20 19:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 19:34 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 19:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 07:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-18 19:18 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-18 19:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-18 07:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-17 19:02 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 19:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-17 06:30 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-17 06:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  19. 2026-08-17 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  21. 2026-08-17 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-17 05:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-17 05:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  24. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 5 more
  1. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-15 06:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  4. 2026-08-15 06:19 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72024?
CVE-2026-72024 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mac802154: remove interfaces with RCU list deletion Queue wake, stop, and disable paths walk local->interfaces under RCU. The bulk hardware teardown path removes entries with list_del(), so an asynchronous transmit completion can…
When was CVE-2026-72024 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72024 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72024 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72024 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 93.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72024?
CVE-2026-72024 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72024?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72024, 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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