CVE-2026-72236 Affecting kernel-default-base package, versions <6.12.0-160000.40.1.160000.2.29


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (14th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELDEFAULTBASE-21881433
  • published30 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 Oct 2026

Introduced: 24 Oct 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-default-base to version 6.12.0-160000.40.1.160000.2.29 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-base package and not the kernel-default-base package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

s390/perf_cpum_cf: Add missing array_index_nospec() to __hw_perf_event_init()

ev variable is userspace controlled via event->attr.config and used as an array index after bounds checking, but without speculation barriers.

Add the missing array_index_nospec() call to prevent speculative execution.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1