CVE-2026-72425 (GCVE-0-2026-72425)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:56
Modified
2026-08-17 05:44
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
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
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 Version: da62c5ff9dcdac67204d6647f3cd43ad931a59f4 |
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