CVE-2026-72499

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Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.8 (v3.1)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-08-15 06:22:24.220000

Last modified

2026-10-21 13:19:39.637000

View original CVE JSON

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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:24.220",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-21T13:19:39.637",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nRDMA/bnxt_re: Free CQ toggle page after firmware teardown\n\nFree the toggle page only after firmware teardown completes so that\nan NQ interrupt arriving during bnxt_qplib_destroy_cq() won't write\nthe toggle value to an already-freed page. Move free_page() after\nbnxt_qplib_destroy_cq."
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