Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-72344

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: TC, skip peer flow cleanup when LAG seq is unavailable mlx5_lag_get_dev_seq() will return error when the peer isn't in the LAG or when no device is marked as master. Result bad memory access and kernel crash[1]. Hence, skip the peer when lookup fails. Note: In case there are peer flows, they are cleaned before LAG cleared the master mark. [1] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0x3d/0x350 [mlx5_core] Call Trace: <TASK> mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0xc1/0x130 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x3a/0x400 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0xee/0x360 [mlx5_core] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0x7a/0x140 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup+0x2f/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup+0x28/0xf0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx+0x36/0x40 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx+0x55/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x96/0xf0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x5b/0x120 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xdd/0x110 [mlx5_core] __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x81/0xb0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x1d7/0x220 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_remove+0x22/0x30 [mlx5_core] device_release_driver_internal+0x194/0x1f0 bus_remove_device+0xe8/0x1b0 device_del+0x159/0x3c0 mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0xbc/0x2d0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_unregister_device+0x54/0x80 [mlx5_core] mlx5_uninit_one+0x73/0x130 [mlx5_core] remove_one+0x78/0xe0 [mlx5_core] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (5.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 5th percentile — 5.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-72344: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 7.2, 971b28accc09436fe6a6d5afd667dcbfb3ed7e03, 7.2-rc3

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72344?
CVE-2026-72344 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-72344?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.