CVE-2026-72495

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid repeated requests to allocate WC pages Applications can request multiple WC pages for the same ucontext. As of now, only 1 WC page per ucontext is supported. Add a lock to avoid concurrent access and a check to fail repeated requests. Also, if the mmap entry insert fails for the WC, free the Doorbell page index mapped for the WC page.

CVSS v3 9.3 CRITICAL

9.3^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441baa79043431807115fd030d7d0bb14ed441a0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/478c4d24193fe3e6aa2accd4874ae43000e4a217
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da406b8b49c1dfe661a497483940d7ee781430db

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:22

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-72495

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72495

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72495

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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