CVE-2026-72452

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:

drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs

intel_crtc_put_color_blobs() drops the CRTC color blob references, but leaves the corresponding pointers unchanged.

This can matter in intel_crtc_prepare_cleared_state(), which frees the old CRTC hw state before calling intel_dp_tunnel_atomic_clear_stream_bw(). The latter can fail while looking up the DP tunnel group state, for example with -EDEADLK.

If that happens, the function returns without completing the cleared state preparation. The failed atomic state will then be cleared by the atomic core and intel_crtc_free_hw_state() can be called again for the same state, dropping the same blob references again.

Clear the blob pointers after dropping the references so repeated cleanup of the same CRTC hw state is safe.

(cherry picked from commit d5005addb5f68e8a0edce249506757bdc9e3d8c8)

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
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

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

drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac554ad943610031a25795d6ef71316f6164c136
generic

drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31f077088e0faae6be8377741f356dea1b94ba46
generic

drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2024940522ef451098c940ab0b82d647de5e5d9b
generic

drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/164afa1a3af8e8c91b4a6d5fd7b79a44ec70abf0

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72452(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 31× in last 7d / 31× 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 08:33 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 08:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 19:55 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-19 19:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-19 07:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 19:26 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 19:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-18 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 18:59 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-17 18:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-17 06:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  21. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  23. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
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  1. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  5. 2026-08-15 06:04 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-15 06:02 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72452?
CVE-2026-72452 is a high vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: clear CRTC color blob pointers after dropping refs intelcrtcputcolorblobs() drops the CRTC color blob references, but leaves the corresponding pointers unchanged. This can matter in intelcrtcprepareclearedstate(), which…
When was CVE-2026-72452 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72452 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-2026-72452 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72452 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 92.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72452?
CVE-2026-72452 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72452?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72452, 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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