Bug 2516265 (CVE-2026-72032) - CVE-2026-72032 kernel: net/mlx5: HWS, fix matcher leak on resize target setup failure
Summary: CVE-2026-72032 kernel: net/mlx5: HWS, fix matcher leak on resize target setup...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72032
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 16:59 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:03:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/mlx5: HWS, fix matcher leak on resize target setup failure

hws_bwc_matcher_move() allocates a replacement matcher before setting it
as the resize target. If mlx5hws_matcher_resize_set_target() fails, the
replacement matcher is not attached anywhere and is leaked.

Fix the leak by destroying the replacement matcher before returning from
the resize-target failure path.

The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are
developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing
v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly
available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still
present in v7.1.1.

An x86_64 allyesconfig build showed no new warnings. As we do not have a
mlx5 HWS-capable device to test with, no runtime testing was able to be
performed.


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