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RDMA/bnxt_re: Free CQ toggle page after firmware teardown

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.5
CVEs
CVE-2026-72499
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 01:53 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

RDMA/bnxt_re: Free CQ toggle page after firmware teardown

core-osv · Original source

Published 15 Aug 2026, 05:57 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-72499

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.1.5

Complete source record
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