Bug 2516797 (CVE-2026-72497) - CVE-2026-72497 kernel: RDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ
Summary: CVE-2026-72497 kernel: RDMA/bnxt_re: Add a max slot check for SQ
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72497
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 18:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:33:59 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-08-19 18:41:42 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081540-CVE-2026-72497-ea51@gregkh/T
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