CVE-2026-72081

scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB

N/A

Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:52 AM UTC

Updated: August 17, 2026 at 06:18 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB efct_dispatch_fcp_cmd() allocates an efct_io before dispatching an unsolicited FCP command. If the command has an unsupported additional CDB, the function returns -EIO before handing the IO to the SCSI layer. Free the allocated IO before returning from this error path.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

5.14 ≤ v < 5.15.2125.14 ≤ v < 6.1.1785.14 ≤ v < 6.12.975.14 ≤ v < 6.18.405.14 ≤ v < 6.6.1455.14 ≤ v < 7.1.55.14 ≤ v < 7.25.14f45ae6aac0a077ca15a6e7baae0a62eef099ea7d

Vendor states this is fixed in 235159f75ab6f95484494db4cc031663e5ee4680 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 42a391d508e1f52fda5d81344e100a53c00898e3 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 8c689a8f229223cec4a821c65cfe40f8e8c56470 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 94cbfed191248dc88c23fc881119bb399486ddfd (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9cb2d5291dbfe7bed565ead3337047dee9ed1064 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 9d479f50a6067954259414aa66d816c7df081286 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in df87532e9212238509f23effd0ca39d9c3062d21 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.14 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)