CVE-2026-72497 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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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Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		RDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:57:30.386Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:57:30.386Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.937Z

Link: CVE-2026-72497

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:24.037

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:24.037

Link: CVE-2026-72497

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