---
id: CVE-2026-72497
title: |-
  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
summary: |-
  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 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'
---

## Overview

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.

## Remediation

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