CVE-2026-72042

ipmi: Fix user refcount underflow in event delivery

CVE-2026-72042 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-72042, released August 15, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: Fix user refcount underflow in event delivery ipmi_alloc_recv_msg(user) takes the temporary user reference owned by the receive message, and ipmi_free_recv_msg() drops it again. If event delivery fails after allocating receive messages for earlier users, handle_read_event_rsp() rolls those messages back with ipmi_free_recv_msg(). That rollback path still drops user->refcount explicitly after freeing each message. The extra put can free a user that remains linked on intf->users, so later event delivery may dereference a freed user or trip refcount_t's addition-on-zero warning when ipmi_alloc_recv_msg() tries to acquire another reference. Remove the stale explicit put and the now-dead user assignment. Keep the list_del() and ipmi_free_recv_msg() calls; they are the required rollback operations.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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-2026-72042 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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