High 8.8Published Aug 15, 2026

CVE-2026-72499RDMA/bnxt_re: Free CQ toggle page after firmware teardown

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:10 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Free CQ toggle page after firmware teardown Free the toggle page only after firmware teardown completes so that an NQ interrupt arriving during bnxt_qplib_destroy_cq() won't write the toggle value to an already-freed page. Move free_page() after bnxt_qplib_destroy_cq.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e275919d96693c5ca964b20d73a33d52a7e57f04 before 8a8d69a01bda1fec9b07b5559be2b6ed45b1e974; from e275919d96693c5ca964b20d73a33d52a7e57f04 before 33aed3ba04aa56eeeb876935896aa6530c46640e; from e275919d96693c5ca964b20d73a33d52a7e57f04 before b193854675ecad43b4d69c304c1b6a90b206cc99; from e275919d96693c5ca964b20d73a33d52a7e57f04 before bb45e06f9914ca64ac95341a80a0c20bb8dd46a9	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a8d69a01bda1fec9b07b5559be2b6ed45b1e974
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33aed3ba04aa56eeeb876935896aa6530c46640e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b193854675ecad43b4d69c304c1b6a90b206cc99
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb45e06f9914ca64ac95341a80a0c20bb8dd46a9

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