scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB efct_dispatch_fcp_cmd() allocates an efct_io before dispatching an unsolicited FCP command. If the command has an unsupported additional CDB, the function returns -EIO before handing the IO to the SCSI layer. Free the allocated IO before returning from this error path.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00215 11th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145 +4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72081
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-993f-79rg-53g7
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a391d508e1f52fda5d81344e100a53c00898e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d479f50a6067954259414aa66d816c7df081286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c689a8f229223cec4a821c65cfe40f8e8c56470
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/235159f75ab6f95484494db4cc031663e5ee4680
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df87532e9212238509f23effd0ca39d9c3062d21
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94cbfed191248dc88c23fc881119bb399486ddfd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb2d5291dbfe7bed565ead3337047dee9ed1064
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72081 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72081 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-993f-79rg-53g7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72081 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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