CVE-2026-72480

highCVSS 7.8covered by 1 sourcefirst seen 2026-08-15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: xilinx-ams: fix out-of-bounds channel lookup in event handling ams_event_to_channel() may return a pointer past the end of dev->channels when no matching scan_index is found. This can lead to invalid memory access in ams_handle_event(). Add a bounds check in ams_event_to_channel() and return NULL when no channel is found. Also guard the caller to safely handle this case.

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Exploitation outlook

Low exploitation risk0.13% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 3% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.

Advisory coverage (1)

highCVE-2026-72480: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: adc: xilinx-ams: fix …nvd · 2026-08-15

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