CVE-2026-72438

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: 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:

md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures

raid10_make_request() acquires a writes_pending reference with md_write_start() before calling raid10_handle_discard(). Several failure paths in raid10_handle_discard() complete the bio and return without releasing the corresponding reference, causing md_write_end() to be skipped.

Call md_write_end() before returning from these failure paths to keep writes_pending accounting balanced.

Additionally, discard split allocation failures can occur after wait_barrier() succeeds. Those paths return without calling allow_barrier(), leaking the associated barrier reference.

Release the barrier before returning from those paths.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(high)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: 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
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
29%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

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

md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1324b41dabd26787559efaeb430643c627c1eb0
generic

md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/393d687131d8aa8c7e4de2cb494438e145d20fc2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72438(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 29× in last 7d / 29× 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. 2026-08-20 10:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 23:57 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-19 23:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 02:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 15:11 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 15:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-08-18 04:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-17 17:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.50
  18. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  20. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  23. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-08-15 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  3. 2026-08-15 06:04 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72438?
CVE-2026-72438 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid10: fix writes_pending and barrier reference leaks on discard failures raid10makerequest() acquires a writes_pending reference with mdwritestart() before calling raid10handlediscard(). Several failure paths in…
When was CVE-2026-72438 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72438 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-2026-72438 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72438 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 70.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72438?
CVE-2026-72438 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72438?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72438, 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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