CVE-2026-72497 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 08/15/2026

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.

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• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 08/09/2026
• Disclosure: 08/15/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-390207
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-20 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 9.9 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Police, Education, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72497
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72497
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72497/