CVE-2026-72425 (GCVE-0-2026-72425)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:44
VLAI
Title
ice: fix FDIR CTRL VSI resource leak in ice_reset_all_vfs()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix FDIR CTRL VSI resource leak in ice_reset_all_vfs() Resetting all VFs causes resource leak on VFs with FDIR filters enabled as CTRL VSIs are only invalidated and not freed. Fix by using ice_vf_ctrl_vsi_release() instead of ice_vf_ctrl_invalidate_vsi() which aligns behavior with the ice_reset_vf() function. Reproduction: echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$pf/device/sriov_numvfs ethtool -N $vf flow-type ether proto 0x9000 action 0 echo 1 > /sys/class/net/$pf/device/reset
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < b409a9dc37db8bd798122fc5bcdcfaccaf80db1e (git)
Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < 335c2dd21ad9d520102906f96edb99fd5e89ac32 (git)
Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < 87a042e45bf4870dc75ea05b4fc0286abecb2a4d (git)
Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < dd6d8e4412f805937f61f00bbfdfe831978be235 (git)
Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < b1fc5bafbc5f84df457b6f987ac993e0802f8d93 (git)
Affected: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 , < ebbe8868cf473f698e0fbaf436d2618b2bcda806 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.13
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.13 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (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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