{"id":"CVE-2026-72497","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ\n\nThe variable WQE mode must be validated against\nthe maximum slots supported by HW","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ\n\nThe variable WQE mode must be validated against\nthe maximum slots supported by HW. The max supported\nvalue is 64K. Adding a m…","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f < 2106c337905d7445d75818e36920b63f9211c584","Linux >= d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f < a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b","Linux >= d8ea645d6984c84a87032063a0941f15a323831f < dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8","Linux 6.12"],"published":"2026-08-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T11:17:44.343","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72497","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2106c337905d7445d75818e36920b63f9211c584","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a59d815cbe667929b693b5fa6716a074e6a31c5b","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc95931b7e1326dacae547874bf38c092e5960d8","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00165,"epssPercentile":0.05324,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T11:00:41.683Z","slug":"CVE-2026-72497","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ\n\nThe variable WQE mode must be validated against\nthe maximum slots supported by HW. The max supported\nvalue is 64K. Adding a max and min check and fail if user\nsupplied value is more than the max supported and zero.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":48,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":48.4,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}