CVE-2026-72496

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.29.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-08-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
9.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 9.2Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails

bnxt_qplib_alloc_dpi returns success even if ioremap fails. Add the proper rollback when the ioremap fails and return -ENOMEM status.

CVSS v3
9.2
EG Score
9.2(high)
EG Risk
46(Track)
EG Risk 46/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity92% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 15, 2026

Last Modified

August 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 17, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

RDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87267803a8c824616eb147c5dad7030a5db6f878
generic

RDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/303f6fef95df5e5316970746d861cf6daeeca77f

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-72496(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 46× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-21 05:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-21 00:54 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-21 00:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-20 20:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-20 16:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-20 12:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-20 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-20 03:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-19 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-19 19:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-19 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-19 10:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-19 06:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-19 01:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-18 21:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 17:00 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-18 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-18 12:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-18 07:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-18 03:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
Show 21 more
  1. 2026-08-17 23:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-17 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-17 14:55 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-17 14:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-17 10:41 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-17 10:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-17 06:27 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-17 06:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCEG score recompute▲ 9.20
  11. 2026-08-17 05:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-17 05:54 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 9.2 · severity → CRITICAL
  13. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-17 05:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-17 05:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5
  16. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-15 06:23 UTCNVD update
  20. 2026-08-15 06:17 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-15 06:12 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-72496?
CVE-2026-72496 is a critical vulnerability published on August 15, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/bnxt_re: Proper rollback if the ioremap fails bnxtqpliballoc_dpi returns success even if ioremap fails. Add the proper rollback when the ioremap fails and return -ENOMEM status.
When was CVE-2026-72496 disclosed?
CVE-2026-72496 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 15, 2026, with the most recent update on August 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-72496 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-72496 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.4% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-72496?
CVE-2026-72496 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-72496?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-72496, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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