CVE-2026-72500

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Free SRQ toggle page after firmware teardown Free the toggle page only after firmware teardown completes so that an NQ interrupt arriving during bnxt_qplib_destroy_srq() won't write the toggle values to an already-freed page. Move free_page() after bnxt_qplib_destroy_srq().

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.0 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0adcd67f3d6f84835be682da0153f57f5c2f8036
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/104a7ff382a58a83cae018925e3574c784e8274c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/131e2918b9b0529687e67e2e58047304027f095a

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-2026-72500

Mitre link : CVE-2026-72500

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-72500

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Products Affected

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CWE

No CWE.

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