RDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ
CVE-2026-72497 · published 15 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 8.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
Is your app affected by CVE-2026-72497?
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f to < d4d1c78b56b6abc0dcb6015faaed2cf4d0f2797b, d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f to < 2106c337905d7445d75818e36920b63f9211c584, d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f to < a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b, d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f to < dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8
- Linux Linux: 6.12
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ
The variable WQE mode must be validated against
the maximum slots supported by HW. The max supported
value is 64K. Adding a max and min check and fail if user
supplied value is more than the max supported and zero.
Check your whole app
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4d1c78b56b6abc0dcb6015faaed2cf4d0f2797b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2106c337905d7445d75818e36920b63f9211c584
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8
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