Vulnerability · Published Aug 15, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-72344net/mlx5e: TC, skip peer flow cleanup when LAG seq is unavailable

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 94.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: TC, skip peer flow cleanup when LAG seq is unavailable mlx5_lag_get_dev_seq() will return error when the peer isn't in the LAG or when no device is marked as master. Result bad memory access and kernel crash[1]. Hence, skip the peer when lookup fails. Note: In case there are peer flows, they are cleaned before LAG cleared the master mark. [1] RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0x3d/0x350 [mlx5_core] Call Trace: <TASK> mlx5e_tc_clean_fdb_peer_flows+0xc1/0x130 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_unpair+0x3a/0x400 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_event+0xee/0x360 [mlx5_core] mlx5_devcom_send_event+0x7a/0x140 [mlx5_core] mlx5_esw_offloads_devcom_cleanup+0x2f/0x90 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_tc_esw_cleanup+0x28/0xf0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_tc_cleanup+0x19/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_cleanup_uplink_rep_tx+0x36/0x40 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_cleanup_rep_tx+0x55/0x60 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x96/0xf0 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x5b/0x120 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_netdev_attach_nic_profile+0x1b/0x30 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_vport_rep_unload+0xdd/0x110 [mlx5_core] __esw_offloads_unload_rep+0x81/0xb0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_eswitch_unregister_vport_reps+0x1d7/0x220 [mlx5_core] mlx5e_rep_remove+0x22/0x30 [mlx5_core] device_release_driver_internal+0x194/0x1f0 bus_remove_device+0xe8/0x1b0 device_del+0x159/0x3c0 mlx5_rescan_drivers_locked+0xbc/0x2d0 [mlx5_core] mlx5_unregister_device+0x54/0x80 [mlx5_core] mlx5_uninit_one+0x73/0x130 [mlx5_core] remove_one+0x78/0xe0 [mlx5_core] pci_device_remove+0x39/0xa0

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.1.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-72344

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 971b28accc09436fe6a6d5afd667dcbfb3ed7e03 – before 5a95aa0198af75047d98fb72950642c89dab770f971b28accc09436fe6a6d5afd667dcbfb3ed7e03 – before 7bed4af0ced82948d660205efecd551ef8bc3912
Linux Linux 7.1

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