CVE-2026-72500 in Linux

Summary

by MITRE • 08/15/2026

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().

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• Responsible: Linux
• Reservation: 08/09/2026
• Disclosure: 08/15/2026
• Moderation: accepted
• Entry: VDB-390210
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-416 (confirmed)
• CVSS: 9.9 (VulDB)
• EPSS: 0.00000
• KEV: no
• Activities: very low
• Sector: Lawfirm, Education, ...

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72500
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72500
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-72500/