What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72314?

CVE-2026-72314 has a contested CVSS base score of 7.8 from a third party (e.g. CISA-ADP), while the vendor rates it High. vuln.today uses the vendor rating as authoritative.

Which versions of Linux Kernel are affected by CVE-2026-72314?

A deadlock-handling defect in the Linux kernel regulator subsystem (CVE-2026-72314) threatens availability and privilege escalation on MIPS-based systems, potentially causing kernel panics or local…. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2026-72314?

Within 24 hours, audit infrastructure inventory to identify any systems running Linux on MIPS architecture-typically embedded systems, networking equipment, and specialized appliances. Within 7 days, apply the available vendor patch to all identified MIPS systems following your Linux distribution's kernel update procedures. Over the subsequent 30 days, validate post-patch kernel stability, monitor system logs for regulator-related errors, and confirm that power management and voltage regulation subsystems function correctly on patched MIPS deployments.

Linux Kernel CVE-2026-72314

EUVD-2026-59213 HIGH

2026-08-15 Linux

GHSA-g74q-qxv8-58hq

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High

Disputed · 7.8 Vendor: Linux

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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY

7.8 HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

vuln.today AI

7.0 HIGH

Race-condition timing on MIPS-only path makes AC:H; PR:L required for local trigger; full kernel impact justified by corrupted locking state.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

SUSE

2.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Red Hat

5.5 LOW

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CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Aug 17, 2026 - 08:22 vuln.today

CVSS changed

Aug 17, 2026 - 06:22 NVD

7.8 (HIGH)

Patch available

Aug 15, 2026 - 07:20 EUVD

CVE Published

Aug 15, 2026 - 05:55 cve.org

HIGH 7.8

CVE Published

Aug 15, 2026 - 05:55 cve.org

UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

regulator: core: regulator_lock_two() should test for EDEADLK not EDEADLOCK

Compare against -EDEADLK, which is what ww_mutex_lock() actually returns and what every other deadlock check in this file already uses.

Function regulator_lock_two() acquires two regulators via regulator_lock_nested() -> ww_mutex_lock(). On contention, ww_mutex_lock() returns -EDEADLK, which is the caller's signal to drop the lock it holds and retry the acquisition in the canonical order.

However, regulator_lock_two() tests the return value against -EDEADLOCK rather than -EDEADLK. On most architectures, EDEADLK and EDEADLOCK are the same value, so the comparison happens to be correct and the bug is invisible. But on MIPS, SPARC, and PowerPC, those two errors have different values. The test is wrong: a genuine -EDEADLK backoff no longer matches -EDEADLOCK, so instead of unlocking and retrying, the code falls into WARN_ON(ret) and returns with only one of the two regulators locked.

In practice, this is a bug only on MIPS, because the regulator core is not built or used on the other two platforms.

In general, EDEADLK is preferred over EDEADLOCK for new code.

AnalysisAI

The regulator subsystem in the Linux kernel contains a deadlock-handling defect where regulator_lock_two() compares the return value of ww_mutex_lock() against -EDEADLOCK instead of the correct -EDEADLK constant. On MIPS architecture - the only platform where the regulator core is active and these two error constants carry different numeric values - the mismatch causes the kernel to skip the mandatory unlock-and-retry backoff sequence, fire WARN_ON, and return to the caller with only one of the two regulators locked, producing corrupted locking state. …

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Exploitation	Exploitation requires a MIPS-architecture Linux kernel with the regulator subsystem compiled in (CONFIG_REGULATOR enabled) - the bug is latent and non-exploitable on x86, ARM, SPARC, and PowerPC. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment	The CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) is architecturally justified but practically narrower than the raw number implies: the functional impact is confined to MIPS-architecture Linux systems where the regulator subsystem is active, a subset of the broader Linux deployment universe. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
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Remediation	The primary fix is upgrading to a patched Linux kernel stable release: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, or development branch 7.1.5 and later. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, audit infrastructure inventory to identify any systems running Linux on MIPS architecture-typically embedded systems, networking equipment, and specialized appliances. …

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate

Product	Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7	Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0	Not-Affected

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