{"cve":"CVE-2026-72006","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:20:59.250","modified":"2026-08-17T06:17:58.083","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5: free mlx5_st_idx_data on final dealloc\n\nWorkloads that repeatedly allocate and release mkeys carrying TPH\nsteering-tag hints (e.g. churning RDMA MRs) leak one\nstruct mlx5_st_idx_data per cycle; kmemleak flags it as unreferenced\nand the kmalloc slab grows over time.\n\nWhen the last reference to an ST table entry is dropped,\nmlx5_st_dealloc_index() removed the entry from idx_xa but the backing\nmlx5_st_idx_data allocation was never freed.\n\nFree idx_data after the xa_erase() so the lifetime of the bookkeeping\nstruct matches the lifetime of the ST entry it tracks.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/262da8b6ea03d01ee7ed01ad309e4c89941f6b14","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6eb4cf2fa8997f62c11e0006dc010a1fd89c5a75","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df6134b527a88b3e65ba6ae5073664af091d5fd2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72006","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10722,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}