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CVE-2026-72495
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid repeated requests to allocate WC pages
Applications can request multiple WC pages for the same ucontext.
As of now, only 1 WC page per ucontext is supported. Add a lock to
avoid concurrent access and a check to fail repeated requests.
Also, if the mmap entry insert fails for the WC, free the Doorbell
page index mapped for the WC page.
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CVE-2026-72490
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: rtl8723bs: fix stainfo check in rtw_aes_decrypt
The null-pointer-guard was incorrect, returning _FAIL on valid pointer.
Invert the guard, so it returns _FAIL on invalid pointer.
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CVE-2026-72488
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
soundwire: fix bug in sdw_add_element_group_count found by syzkaller
The original implementation caused an out-of-bounds memory access
in the sdw_add_element_group_count for-loop when i == num.
for (i = 0; i = num; i++) {
if (rate == group-rates[i] && lane == group->lanes[i])
...
To fix this error, the function now checks for existing rate/lane
entries in the group(a function parameter) using a for-loop before
adding them.
No functional changes apart from this fix.
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CVE-2026-72484
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
staging: most: video: avoid double free on video register failure
comp_register_videodev() allocates a video_device with
video_device_alloc() and releases it if video_register_device() fails.
This can double free the video_device when __video_register_device()
reaches device_register() and that call fails:
video_register_device()
- __video_register_device()
-> device_register() fails
-> put_device(&vdev->dev)
-> v4l2_device_release()
-> vdev->release(vdev)
-> video_device_release(vdev)
comp_register_videodev()
-> video_device_release(mdev->vdev)
Use video_device_release_empty() while registering the device so that
registration failure paths do not free mdev->vdev through vdev->release().
comp_register_videodev() then releases mdev->vdev exactly once on failure.
Restore video_device_release() after successful registration so the
registered device keeps its normal lifetime handling.
This issue was found by a static analysis tool I am developing.
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CVE-2026-72481
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iio: magnetometer: ak8975: fix potential kernel stack memory leak
Currently in the AK8975 driver there are four instances where potential
uninitialized kernel stack memory leaks can occur. If
i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated() returns a value less than
the size of the buffer, uninitialized bytes are retained in the buffer
and later the buffer is passed on to IIO buffers, potentially leaking
memory to userspace.
Fix this by adding checks whether the return value of the function is
equal to the size of the buffer and subsequently if the value is
lesser than zero to distinguish from a returned error code.
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CVE-2026-72473
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xprtrdma: Decouple req recycling from RPC completion
rl_kref formerly served two distinct lifetimes through a single
refcount: it gated when a Reply could wake its RPC task, and it
gated when an rpcrdma_req could return to its free pool. The
marshal path took the Send-side reference only when SGEs needed
DMA-unmap (sc_unmap_count 0), which made a Send carrying only
pre-registered buffers an exception: the Reply handler dropped
rl_kref from 1 to 0 and freed the req while the HCA might still
be DMA-reading from its send buffer.
Give rl_kref a narrower job. The RPC layer takes one reference
when slot allocation hands a req out. rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges()
takes a Send-side reference unconditionally after WR preparation
succeeds. xprt_rdma_free_slot() and xprt_rdma_bc_free_rqst() drop
the RPC-layer reference; rpcrdma_sendctx_unmap() drops the
Send-side reference. The req returns to its free pool only after
both owners have signed off.
The existing kref_init(&req->rl_kref) call in
rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges() is removed. Initialization moves to
the slot-allocation paths (xprt_rdma_alloc_slot and
rpcrdma_bc_rqst_get), and the release callback re-arms rl_kref
before the req returns to a free pool. A re-init in the marshal
path would discard the RPC-layer reference that already exists
on entry.
Three invariants follow:
- Any rpcrdma_req held by an rpc_rqst has rl_kref >= 1.
xprt_rdma_alloc_slot(), rpcrdma_bc_rqst_get(), and the
backlog-wake branch in xprt_rdma_alloc_slot() each kref_init
rl_kref before publishing the req. Without this invariant,
an RPC task that aborts between slot allocation and marshal
(gss_refresh failure or signal during call_connect, for
example) would drive xprt_release() ->
xprt_rdma_free_slot() -> kref_put against a refcount of
zero, saturating refcount_t and stranding the slot.
- The Send-side reference is taken only after WR prep
succeeds. A mapping failure in rpcrdma_prepare_send_sges()
runs rpcrdma_sendctx_cancel(), which DMA-unmaps the sendctx
and clears sc_req without touching rl_kref. The sendctx
ring walks in rpcrdma_sendctx_put_locked() and
rpcrdma_sendctxs_destroy() skip entries with sc_req == NULL,
so a burst of -EIO marshal failures cannot hold reqs off
rb_send_bufs.
- The release callback re-arms rl_kref so the next consumer
enters with the invariant satisfied.
Replies now complete the RPC directly. rpcrdma_reply_handler()
calls rpcrdma_complete_rqst() in place of kref_put on the
non-LocalInv branch. The LocalInv branch already completes the
RPC from frwr_unmap_async() and is unaffected.
Because Send-side references can now outlive RPC completion,
connection teardown drains sendctx entries whose unsignaled
Sends never had a later signaled completion to walk the ring.
rpcrdma_sendctxs_destroy() walks the active range and runs
rpcrdma_sendctx_unmap() on each entry with a non-NULL sc_req
before the request buffers are reset, and is moved ahead of
rpcrdma_reqs_reset() in rpcrdma_xprt_disconnect() so the reqs
are still in their pre-reset state when the Send-side refs are
released.
The drain creates a teardown-ordering hazard on the backchannel
path. With the new lifetime, releasing a bc_prealloc req from
rpcrdma_req_release() re-adds it to bc_pa_list. The disconnect
in xprt_rdma_destroy() runs after xprt_destroy_backchannel() has
already emptied bc_pa_list, so the drained reqs would otherwise
leak. xprt_rdma_destroy() now runs xprt_rdma_bc_destroy(xprt, 0)
a second time after the disconnect to reclaim them.
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CVE-2026-72467
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xprtrdma: Check frwr_wp_create() during connect
frwr_wp_create() creates the singleton Memory Region used to encode
padding for Write chunks whose payload length is not XDR-aligned. Its
failure paths return a negative errno and leave ep-re_write_pad_mr set
to NULL.
rpcrdma_xprt_connect() currently ignores that return value. If
frwr_wp_create() fails after the rest of the connection setup succeeds,
xprt_rdma_connect_worker() treats the connection attempt as successful
and sets XPRT_CONNECTED. A later NFS/RDMA read with a non-4-byte-aligned
receive page length reaches rpcrdma_encode_write_list(), passes the NULL
write-pad MR to encode_rdma_segment(), and dereferences it.
This is locally triggerable on an NFS/RDMA client after a connect or
reconnect hits a local MR allocation, DMA-map, MR-map, or post-send
failure; a remote peer alone cannot force the local MR setup failure.
Check the return value and fail the connect as -ENOTCONN, matching the
adjacent setup failures. This keeps XPRT_CONNECTED clear and lets the
normal reconnect path retry.
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CVE-2026-72465
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xprtrdma: Sanitize the reply credit grant after parsing
The out_norqst exit in rpcrdma_reply_handler() branches away before
the credit clamp, so a reply that matches no pending request reaches
out_post carrying the raw credit value parsed from the wire.
rpcrdma_post_recvs() does not bound its @needed argument: the refill
loop allocates and chains Receive WRs until the count is satisfied or
allocation fails. A peer that sends a well-formed reply carrying an
unknown XID and an inflated credit grant therefore drives rep
allocation and Receive posting past re_max_requests on every such
reply.
Move the clamp to immediately after the credit field is parsed,
ahead of the first branch that can reach out_post, so every later
consumer sees a sanitized value. The cwnd update stays on the
matched-request path.
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CVE-2026-72460
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
apparmor: check label build before no_new_privs test
aa_change_profile() builds a replacement label with
fn_label_build_in_scope() before the no_new_privs subset check. The build
helper can fail and return NULL or an ERR_PTR, but the result was passed
to aa_label_is_unconfined_subset() before the existing IS_ERR_OR_NULL()
check.
Reuse the existing target-label build failure handling immediately after
the build. This preserves the current audit handling while preventing the
subset helper from dereferencing an invalid label.
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CVE-2026-72458
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
apparmor: fix NULL pointer dereference in unpack_pdb
pdb-dfa could be NULL if unpack_dfa fails, causing a NULL pointer
dereference.
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CVE-2026-72454
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i3c: mipi-i3c-hci: Fix race in i3c_hci_addr_to_dev()
i3c_hci_addr_to_dev() walks bus-devs.i3c, which is protected by
bus.lock (rwsem). However, it is invoked from the MIPI I3C HCI IRQ
handler, which cannot take bus.lock. This allows concurrent device
addition/removal in the I3C core to modify the list while it is being
traversed, potentially leading to use-after-free or crashes.
Remove the dependency on the bus device list and introduce a dedicated
lookup table. Add an ibi_devs[] array indexed by DAT entry, maintained
under hci->lock. Update the array when IBIs are enabled or disabled,
so that it always reflects the set of devices allowed to generate IBIs.
Also update when IBIs are freed, to cover the corner case when an IBI is
freed without first being disabled (e.g. oldedev in
i3c_master_add_i3c_dev_locked()).
Move i3c_hci_addr_to_dev() into core.c, reimplement it using the new
array, and add a lockdep assertion to enforce that hci->lock is held
by callers.
Demote a message in PIO and DMA IBI handling, from an error to a debug
message, because there is a race window when the condition can arise
normally.
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CVE-2026-72450
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: validate selector family and prefixlen during match
syzbot reported a shift-out-of-bounds in xfrm_selector_match()
due to AF_UNSPEC selector with large prefixlen (e.g. 128) matched
against IPv4 flow (when XFRM_STATE_AF_UNSPEC is set).
Fix this by:
- Rejecting mismatched families in xfrm_selector_match.
- Returning false in addr4_match if prefixlen 32.
- Returning false in addr_match if prefixlen > 128 (prevents overflow).
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CVE-2026-72448
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
octeontx2-pf: Fix leak of SQ timestamp buffer on teardown
The send-queue timestamp ring is allocated with qmem_alloc() when
timestamping is used, but otx2_free_sq_res() never freed sq-timestamps,
leaking that memory across ifdown and device removal. Add the missing
qmem_free() alongside the other SQ companion buffers.
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CVE-2026-72447
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sctp: hold socket lock when dumping endpoints in sctp_diag
SCTP_DIAG endpoint dumping was traversing endpoint address lists without
holding lock_sock(), while those lists could change concurrently via
socket operations (e.g., bindx changes). This creates a race where
nla_reserve() counts addresses under RCU protection, but the subsequent
copy may see fewer entries, potentially leaking uninitialized memory to
userspace.
Fix this by:
- Taking a reference on each endpoint during hash traversal
- Moving socket operations (lock_sock()) outside read_lock_bh()
- Serializing address list access during dump
- Reworking sctp_for_each_endpoint() to support restart-based traversal
with (net, pos) tracking
Also:
- Add WARN_ON_ONCE() for inconsistent address counts
- Fix idiag_states filtering for LISTEN vs association cases
- Skip dumping endpoints being freed (ep-base.dead)
- Move dump position tracking into iterator, removing cb->args[4] and
its comment for sctp_ep_dump().,
- Update the comment for cb->args[4] and remove the comment for unused
cb->args[5] for sctp_sock_dump().
Note: traversal is restart-based and may re-scan buckets multiple times,
but this is acceptable due to small bucket sizes and required to support
sleeping-safe callbacks.
This issue was reported by Nico Yip (@_cyeaa_) working with TrendAI Zero
Day Initiative.
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CVE-2026-72445
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ALSA: usb-audio: qcom: clear opened when stream enable fails
On enable, subs-opened is set before the service_interval is validated;
an invalid interval jumps to the response label without clearing it, so
the substream is wedged at -EBUSY until a disable or disconnect.
Clear subs->opened on the enable error path.
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CVE-2026-72434
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: ipset: make sure gc is properly stopped
Sashiko noticed that when destroying a set,
cancel_delayed_work_sync() was called while gc
calls queue_delayed_work() unconditionally which
can lead not to properly shutting down the gc.
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CVE-2026-72429
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: ioam: fix type confusion of dst_entry
IOAM uses a dummy dst_entry(null_dst) to mark that the destination should
not be changed after the transformation. This dst is stored in the IOAM lwt
state and may be passed to dst_cache_set_ip6().
However, the IPv6 dst cache path eventually calls rt6_get_cookie(), which
treats the dst_entry as part of a struct rt6_info. Since the null_dst was
embedded directly as a struct dst_entry in struct ioam6_lwt, this resulted
in an invalid cast and rt6_get_cookie() reading fields from the wrong
object.
In practice, the wrong cookie is not used while dst-obsolete is zero, but
rt6_get_cookie() may also access per-cpu value when rt->sernum is
zero. In this case, rt->sernum aliases ioam6_lwt::cache::reset_ts, which
can become zero, making this a potential invalid pointer access.
Fix this by embedding a full struct rt6_info for the dummy IPv6 route and
passing its dst member to the dst APIs.
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CVE-2026-72427
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix effective prog array index with BPF_F_PREORDER
replace_effective_prog() and purge_effective_progs() located the slot in
the effective array by walking the program hlist and counting entries
linearly. That count does not match the array layout: compute_effective_
progs() places BPF_F_PREORDER programs at the front (ancestor cgroup
first, attach order within a cgroup) and the rest after them (descendant
cgroup first). So when a preorder program is present, the linear hlist
position no longer equals the program's index in the effective array.
For replace_effective_prog() (bpf_link_update()) this overwrote the
wrong slot, corrupting the effective order. For purge_effective_progs(),
it could dummy out a slot belonging to a different program and leave the
detached program in the array while bpf_prog_put() drops its reference,
i.e. a use-after-free.
Fix both by replaying compute_effective_progs()'s placement (including
the per-cgroup preorder reversal) in a shared effective_prog_pos()
helper. Identify the entry by its struct bpf_prog_list pointer rather
than by (prog, link) value, so the lookup resolves to exactly the
attachment the syscall selected even when the same bpf_prog is attached
to several cgroups in the hierarchy.
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CVE-2026-72425
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix FDIR CTRL VSI resource leak in ice_reset_all_vfs()
Resetting all VFs causes resource leak on VFs with FDIR filters
enabled as CTRL VSIs are only invalidated and not freed. Fix by using
ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release() instead of ice_vf_ctrl_invalidate_vsi() which
aligns behavior with the ice_reset_vf() function.
Reproduction:
echo 1 /sys/class/net/$pf/device/sriov_numvfs
ethtool -N $vf flow-type ether proto 0x9000 action 0
echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$pf/device/reset
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CVE-2026-72423
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published on August 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Guard conntrack opts error writes
The conntrack lookup and allocation kfuncs take an opts pointer
together with an opts__sz argument. The verifier checks only the memory
range described by opts__sz, but the wrappers unconditionally write
opts-error whenever the internal lookup or allocation helper returns an
error.
For an invalid size smaller than the end of opts->error, that write can
land outside the verifier-checked range. Keep returning NULL for invalid
arguments, but only report the error through opts->error when the
supplied size includes the field.
This preserves error reporting for the supported 12-byte and 16-byte
layouts, and for other invalid sizes that still include opts->error.
