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CVE-2026-72006— net/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc

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Affected
Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于net/mlx5的mlx5_st_dealloc_index()函数在移除ST表条目时未释放对应的mlx5_st_idx_data内存，导致内存泄漏，可能造成系统资源耗尽。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Theoretical EPSS 0.21% · P10

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1496 · Resource Hijacking

Affected Version Matrix 8

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 888a7776f4fb04c19bec70c737c61c2f383c6b1e< 262da8b6ea03d01ee7ed01ad309e4c89941f6b14 affected
888a7776f4fb04c19bec70c737c61c2f383c6b1e< 6eb4cf2fa8997f62c11e0006dc010a1fd89c5a75 affected
888a7776f4fb04c19bec70c737c61c2f383c6b1e< df6134b527a88b3e65ba6ae5073664af091d5fd2 affected
6.17 affected
< 6.17 unaffected
6.18.40≤ 6.18.* unaffected
7.1.5≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-72006

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Vulnerability Title
net/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc Workloads that repeatedly allocate and release mkeys carrying TPH steering-tag hints (e.g. churning RDMA MRs) leak one struct mlx5_st_idx_data per cycle; kmemleak flags it as unreferenced and the kmalloc slab grows over time. When the last reference to an ST table entry is dropped, mlx5_st_dealloc_index() removed the entry from idx_xa but the backing mlx5_st_idx_data allocation was never freed. Free idx_data after the xa_erase() so the lifetime of the bookkeeping struct matches the lifetime of the ST entry it tracks.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于net/mlx5的mlx5_st_dealloc_index()函数在移除ST表条目时未释放对应的mlx5_st_idx_data内存，导致内存泄漏，可能造成系统资源耗尽。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 888a7776f4fb04c19bec70c737c61c2f383c6b1e ~ 262da8b6ea03d01ee7ed01ad309e4c89941f6b14 -
Linux Linux 6.17 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-72006 (3)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-15 · 844 CVEs total

CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-74280 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: marvell/octeontx - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74279 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-72463 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption
CVE-2026-72248 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit
CVE-2026-72381 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check
CVE-2026-72477 9.8 CRITICAL fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename
CVE-2026-72473 9.8 CRITICAL xprtrdma: Decouple req recycling from RPC completion
CVE-2026-72472 9.8 CRITICAL nfs: use nfsi->rwsem to protect traversal of the file lock list
CVE-2026-74406 9.8 CRITICAL vxlan: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in vxlan_gro_prepare_receive().
CVE-2026-72221 9.8 CRITICAL sunrpc: wait for in-flight TLS handshake callback when cancel loses race
CVE-2026-72139 9.8 CRITICAL tcp: defer md5sig_info kfree past RCU grace period in tcp_connect
CVE-2026-72137 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: nat_keepalive: avoid double free on send error
CVE-2026-74376 9.8 CRITICAL md/raid10: reset read_slot when reusing r10bio for discard
CVE-2026-72130 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers

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