CVE-2026-72501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00166.

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Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d00b375853fbbf4157ad092884b4ed9a49429c1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978b27d6ce538bb832ccd69e45802824e4301c4b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b87cbd4d198ae377be4815d8102fa9dfefb91dcc

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-457

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		RDMA/bnxt_re: Initialize dpi variable to zero
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d00b375853fbbf4157ad092884b4ed9a49429c1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/978b27d6ce538bb832ccd69e45802824e4301c4b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b87cbd4d198ae377be4815d8102fa9dfefb91dcc

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:57:32.990Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:57:32.990Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.938Z

Link: CVE-2026-72501

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:24.417

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:24.417

Link: CVE-2026-72501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-15T12:15:03Z

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