Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72343

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats zero-sized buffer allocation mlx5ehvvhcastatscreate is called from mlx5enicenable, before mlx5eopen. At that point priv-statsnch is...

CVE-2026-72343 net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats zero-sized buffer allocation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats zero-sized buffer allocation mlx5ehvvhcastatscreate is called from mlx5enicenable, before mlx5eopen. At that point priv-statsnch is still zero, because it is only ever incremented in...

EUVD-2026-59242

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix HV VHCA stats zero-sized buffer allocation mlx5ehvvhcastatscreate is called from mlx5enicenable, before mlx5eopen. At that point priv-statsnch is still zero, because it is only ever incremented in...

CVE-2026-72343

Summary: Multiple sources report in the Linux kernel net/mlx5e HV VHCA stats path a zero-sized buffer allocation bug that can lead to a fault when stats are enabled. The root cause was calling kvzalloc(0) via mlx5e_hv_vhca_stats_create() before priv->stats_nch is populated, resulting in a ZERO...

PT-2026-72531

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the net/mlx5e driver where a zero-sized buffer is allocated during the creation of HV VHCA stats. When mlx5e hv vhca stats create is called before mlx5e open, the...