linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc...
CVE-2026-72006 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72006, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc Workloads that repeatedly allocate and release mkeys carrying TPH steering-tag hints (e.g. churning RDMA MRs) leak one struct mlx5_st_idx_data per cycle; kmemleak flags it as unreferenced and the kmalloc slab grows over time. When the last reference to an ST table entry is dropped, mlx5_st_dealloc_index() removed the entry from idx_xa but the backing mlx5_st_idx_data allocation was never freed. Free idx_data after the xa_erase() so the lifetime of the bookkeeping struct matches the lifetime of the ST entry it tracks.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.18.41-94.142 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.1.5-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72006 | Aug 15, 2026 |
| microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.41-94.142.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-2071 | Aug 31, 2026 |
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