Vulnerability in linux (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72288)

Summary

Vulnerability in linux (DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72288). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 7.1.5-1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: arm64: vgic: Handle race between interrupt affinity change and LPI disabling Hyunwoo Kim reports some really bad races should the following situation occur: - LPI-I is pending in vcpu-B's AP list - vcpu-A writes to vcpu-B's RD to disable its LPIs - vcpu-C moves I from B to C If the last two race nicely enough, vgic_prune_ap_list() can drop the irq and AP list locks, reacquire them, and in the interval the irq has been freed. UAF follows. The fix is two-fold: - Before dropping the irq and ap_list locks, take a reference on the irq - Do not try to handle migration of the pending bit: there is no expectation that this state is retained, as per the architecture With that, we're sure that the interrupt is still around, and we safely remove it from the AP list as it has no target at this stage (unless another interrupt fires, but that's another story).

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72288 has been found in linux.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade linux to 7.1.5-1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72288" on the vendor's site.

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72288 (linux)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 7.1.5-1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in linux.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of linux.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 7.1.5-1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'linux' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'linux' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で linux を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade linux to 7.1.5-1
```
ステージング環境で 7.1.5-1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Debian:12 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 linux

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7.1.5-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org