Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72065
net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: mana: Validate the packet length reported by the NIC
Validate the packet length reported in the RX CQE before passing it
to skb processing. The CQE is supplied by the NIC device and should
not be blindly trusted.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before a631f82f89c76084ad5b2b9c043d3b391ffa56d8; ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before d2568e64d01f480200063fadd67d6938f676c66f; ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before 2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0; ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before 6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f; ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before 6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d; ca9c54d2d6a5ab2430c4eda364c77125d62e5e0f before 282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72065
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72065
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/282c5214ca4eb3799158c76782646e86d2945d1b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e276b14b6d378372bf0152df89286cbe7632fb0
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e2a83b4998af4384e677d3b2ac08565274279bf
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6080189291d958604dcefe513a13900835ac982f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d13eaa13341a8f80aaf86f78591e1b1d393711d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a631f82f89c76084ad5b2b9c043d3b391ffa56d8
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