scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup()
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
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Fix memory leak in lpfc_sli4_driver_resource_setup() The memory allocated for mboxq using mempool_alloc() is not freed in some of the early exit error paths. Fix that by moving the mempool_free() call to an earlier point after last use.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0022 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178 +5Red Hat: 4 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.266, 5.15.217, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-72087
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rvm2-xhxc-gx7f
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d920852c0a3cfbcb42bcd2680b091f5c0072fc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7795037f15289ac1ed620603511b67d820a93762
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/299f5baa1321a0951cc3ebbacc72b67433a65391
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3f4e407661542d1d284fc889cf9f27afd11b3d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cac8a302626f59ca84fa3339e2506c3ac761bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed08497977820e002a62cb114440f365cc7a087f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce5a37f7ddf2fc12210e8700350274da79fbb3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd28625e25be549ee7c47532e7c3ef91c682410
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72087 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72087 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rvm2-xhxc-gx7f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72087 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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