CVE-2026-72081 json
scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB
published 2026-08-15 2 mo ago modified 2026-08-17 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-59039
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.180-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.100-1
- linux Debian 14 7.1.5-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72081
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-198.208
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-147.147
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-38.38
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1117.124
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1067.70
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1014.14
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1118.128
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1071.79
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72081
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.81.1
- kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.1
- kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
- kernel-default SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP7, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 6.4.0-150700.53.87.3
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:4940-1SUSE-SU-2026:4935-1SUSE-SU-2026:24473-1SUSE-SU-2026:24553-1SUSE-SU-2026:24422-1SUSE-SU-2026:24446-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.40.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22167-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a391d508e1f52fda5d81344e100a53c00898e3 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d479f50a6067954259414aa66d816c7df081286 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c689a8f229223cec4a821c65cfe40f8e8c56470 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/235159f75ab6f95484494db4cc031663e5ee4680 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/df87532e9212238509f23effd0ca39d9c3062d21 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94cbfed191248dc88c23fc881119bb399486ddfd commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cb2d5291dbfe7bed565ead3337047dee9ed1064 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-72081 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/42a391d508e1f52fda5d81344e100a53c00898e3
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9d479f50a6067954259414aa66d816c7df081286
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8c689a8f229223cec4a821c65cfe40f8e8c56470
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/235159f75ab6f95484494db4cc031663e5ee4680
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/df87532e9212238509f23effd0ca39d9c3062d21
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/94cbfed191248dc88c23fc881119bb399486ddfd
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9cb2d5291dbfe7bed565ead3337047dee9ed1064
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-72081
- NVD CVE-2026-72081
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