Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-52966

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Replace old pointer to new idr Commit 5e28b7b94408 introduced a logical error by failing to replace the newly generated IDR pointer to old id's pointer at the corre…

EPSS: 0.001 (3.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 672464dd53231509c9c771110798c56d4660e19e, 61bd96d3e5472c253f9c1ab77608f0c8aaa9d025, 5e28b7b94408897e41c63477aabc9e1db439bc8c
  • Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.18.32, 7.0.9, 7.1

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-52966?
CVE-2026-52966 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-52966?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.