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GHSA-3CMQ-754M-66F5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

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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.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-72495 (GCVE-0-2026-72495)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:57 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:44

Title

RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid repeated requests to allocate WC pages

Summary

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.

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/478c4d24193fe3e6a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da406b8b49c1dfe66…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441baa79043431807…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956 , < 478c4d24193fe3e6aa2accd4874ae43000e4a217 (git) Affected: 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956 , < da406b8b49c1dfe661a497483940d7ee781430db (git) Affected: 360da60d6c6edb9740de7a8e6d8969d62ceff956 , < 441baa79043431807115fd030d7d0bb14ed441a0 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.5 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.5 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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CVE-2026-72495 (GCVE-0-2026-72495)

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