---
id: CVE-2026-72065
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC

  Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it
  to skb processing
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC

  Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it
  to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-08-23'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72065'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2a83b4998af4384e677d3b2ac08565274279bf'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a631f82f89c76084ad5b2b9c043d3b391ffa56d8'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2568e64d01f480200063fadd67d6938f676c66f'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00728
epssPercentile: 0.52774
ingestedAt: '2026-08-24T02:56:22.946Z'
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC

Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it
to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should
not be blindly trusted.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.