net: sparx5: unregister blocking notifier on init failure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sparx5: unregister blocking notifier on init failure sparx5_register_notifier_blocks() registers the switchdev blocking notifier before allocating the ordered workqueue. If the workqueue allocation fails, the error path unregisters the switchdev and netdevice notifiers, but leaves the blocking notifier registered. Add a separate error label for the workqueue allocation failure path and unregister the switchdev blocking notifier there.
Why it matters now
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-2026-72109
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m3g3-ff8f-v2gj
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbc65b17508ed5464b7106e7fa5f15251ca1b603
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5afc6d3fabdf1f605d63c4b34a3df6c359e81f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf419c869e0d03aad4b6f4ecf0a813851930dfe7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6084c47389fd6978a5d66b0d58206a548c792a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a3c44a003176282ee4306b7c96e5a536c6f0707
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17f113e7b622dc850992ade540181717de6a8561
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/483be61b4a9a6df3b7cb277e8f189e082dee4cb8
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Sources
- CVE-2026-72109 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-72109 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m3g3-ff8f-v2gj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-72109 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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