CVE-2026-72010
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cgroup/cpuset: rebind mm mempolicy to effective_mems, not mems_allowed
Creating a child cpuset where cpuset.mems is never set leads to a div/0 when a VMA mempolicy with MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES rebinds in response to a CPU hotplug event.
Reproduction steps: 1) Create a cgroup w/ cpuset controls (do not set cpuset.mems) 2) Move the task into the child cpuset 3) Create a VMA mempolicy for that task with MPOL_F_RELATIVE_NODES 4) unplug and hotplug a cpu echo 0 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online echo 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu1/online 5) mempolicy rebind does a div/0 in mpol_relative_nodemask on the call to __nodes_fold()
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The cpuset code passes (cs->mems_allowed) which is not guaranteed to have nodes to the rebind routine. Use cs->effective_mems instead, which is guaranteed to have a non-empty nodemask once we reach that code path.
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CVSS
NVD no ha asignado puntuación CVSS a esta CVE (habitual desde el cambio de política de abril de 2026).
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 11
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f67c4f88be8e3dbd91951d13cdcc5bcc82e9c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b06449384b9ee5b3372bab60601ba5cd4162086
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7adeba2a21c98c7b20f18e27e3ead86bdb5e08d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b983c56426383e4a06fa5970c4e33cee879b1482
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17f06d8a085d6be58b544a440ce243f5e441a60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c844b7d9a9586de15dd28c06da5cc7f6ab28787d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc680afc510157f6b137956011c09abc23eb0842
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcc8c310539c3cc523419113b227161a96b50550
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