CVEPublished 2026-08-15Modified 2026-08-171 article on news4 live referencesNVD data

CVE-2026-72495

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1
9.3
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
11
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 89% of all CVEs
Description

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.

Timeline
Published 2026-08-15
Modified 2026-08-17

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