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CVE-2026-72027 Details

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/compaction: handle free_pages_prepare() properly in compaction_free() free_pages_prepare() can fail but compaction_free() does not handle the failure case. Failed pages should not be added back to cc->freepages for future use, since they can be either PageHWPoison or free_page_is_bad() and might cause data corruption.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: kernel.orgCVSS-B:7.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018d7ad26cb8bdfe9842f2ca68a42b0bfdcc82fe kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23afc3786acf359c135093893fb43a436768c832 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7da7d599b8a83271c464adfd5ef160202b470570 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de8577db09039d4950239b01446ab5ead9028ab4 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

No weakness enumeration is available for this CVE.

Affected Products

No affected product data is available for this CVE.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-72027
NVD Published Date:
Aug 15, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 17, 2026
Source:
kernel.org
CVE-2026-72027 Details - Not Deferred