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GHSA-PJXX-6F6C-XVMP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-15 06:32

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid displaying the kernel pointer

While dumping the info on MR using the rdma tool, we dump the mr_hwq which is a kernel pointer. There is no need to expose this value for end user. So avoid it.

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CVE-2026-72498 (GCVE-0-2026-72498)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:57 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:15

Title

RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid displaying the kernel pointer

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Avoid displaying the kernel pointer While dumping the info on MR using the rdma tool, we dump the mr_hwq which is a kernel pointer. There is no need to expose this value for end user. So avoid it.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6992 records in the last 180 days details

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d46a8d3ba9fdbe3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c403e0786768d88c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d70c704a06f620d5…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 7363eb76b7f3b860ecfb8fcaf537e143bfd725bd , < 95d46a8d3ba9fdbe356fe7ed0117bc78dac9d557 (git) Affected: 7363eb76b7f3b860ecfb8fcaf537e143bfd725bd , < 0c403e0786768d88cabe0ccf4e45425da2fd8841 (git) Affected: 7363eb76b7f3b860ecfb8fcaf537e143bfd725bd , < 7d70c704a06f620d5d421ab76bac5e225bfb4308 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.13 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.13 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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