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FKIE_CVE-2026-72501

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:19
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Initialize dpi variable to zero dpi is initialized only for BNXT_RE_ALLOC_WC_PAGE, but copied for all the cases. So initialize the dpi to 0.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d00b375853fbbf4157ad092884b4ed9a49429c1
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978b27d6ce538bb832ccd69e45802824e4301c4b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b87cbd4d198ae377be4815d8102fa9dfefb91dcc
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-72501",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:18.560",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:24.417",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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