Vulnerability · Published Sep 25, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-100072ACPI: platform: Use acpi_bus_get_primary_device()

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 5% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 95.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: platform: Use acpi_bus_get_primary_device() The acpi_get_first_physical_node() usage in acpi_platform_fill_resource() and acpi_create_platform_device() is generally unsafe because in theory the device returned by it may be freed at any time [1]. It is also inefficient because acpi_get_first_physical_node() is called multiple times for the same argument which can be avoided. Address these issues by using acpi_bus_get_primary_device() instead of acpi_get_first_physical_node() and adjusting the code to call it just once at the beginning of and acpi_create_platform_device() and drop the device reference acquired by it upon the return from that function.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linuxno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2026-100072
Debian:13linux6.12.115-2DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100072
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotgno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra-igxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17USN-8960-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16USN-8959-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-xilinx-zynqmpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-100072

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3b95bd160547f56a68aeb972c33ae9511e7a8380 – before a75e5de593ef158feb17989bff7730c5a3d825033b95bd160547f56a68aeb972c33ae9511e7a8380 – before 527a497fb2ef77a95170eefe2007e2c4c957bd2c3b95bd160547f56a68aeb972c33ae9511e7a8380 – before c9d202d3b6c28e8c779cd2f2b10d2f7ab665ca713b95bd160547f56a68aeb972c33ae9511e7a8380 – before a9ba4dd2f18bf3f439d9ef0d8f375f90360ba1bd
Linux Linux 4.6

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