CVE-2026-72389
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bridge: stp: Fix a potential use-after-free when deleting a bridge
The three STP timers are not supposed to be armed while the bridge is administratively down. They are synchronously deactivated when the bridge is put administratively down and the various call sites check for 'IFF_UP' before arming them.
This check is missing from br_topology_change_detection() and it is possible to engineer a situation in which the topology change timer is armed while the bridge is administratively down, resulting in a use-after-free [1] when the bridge is deleted.
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Fix by adding the missing check and for good measures synchronously shutdown the three timers when the bridge is deleted.
[1] ODEBUG: free active (active state 0) object: ffff88811662b9b0 object type: timer_list hint: br_topology_change_timer_expired (net/bridge/br_stp_timer.c:120) WARNING: lib/debugobjects.c:629 at debug_print_object+0x1bc/0x450, CPU#9: ip/359
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 5
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
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).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact75 %
Vulnerabilidad de escalada local (AV:L, PR:L) en kernel Linux que causa use-after-free al eliminar bridge STP; permite DoS o corrupción de memoria desde contexto de usuario.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
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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/297a747f59bff6573196d7236178144d66524e68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a00517db8de4be7df3d483b215c5544fb30a191
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39283907a25e5caf0f2bd2947f6e56644b01e2b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40cbfa3a28e0919469d1b086629bb3ce38a83593
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c40eec06eeac37c58e47a6058eb32901218d5d4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4b3458ef88df4798632619f018791d4344bcd92
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c86579b0a2d201792bcb59316629f4ba4758cfc8
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