CVE detail
CVE-2026-72238
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/boot: Validate console=uart8250 baud rate to fix early boot hang When the baud rate is empty, 0, invalid, or overflows to 0 when stored as an int, the system will hang during early boot because of a division by zero in early_serial_init(). Fall back to DEFAULT_BAUD when the resulting baud rate is 0 to prevent an early system hang.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 22.0 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 8
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 8
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
8 source links · newest first
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Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgit.kernel.orgAug 15, 2026, 6:21 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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