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...

UBUNTU-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...

CVE-2026-72389

The vulnerability CVE-2026-72389 affects the Linux kernel’s bridge STP implementation. The root cause is a missing IFF_UP check in br_topology_change_detection(), which could allow arming the topology change timer while a bridge is administratively down, potentially causing a use-after-free when ...