Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72065

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Improper input validation in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-72065

Published: August 16, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU143522
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-72065
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the mana RX completion queue handling in mana_process_rx_cqe() when processing packet length values reported by the NIC. An attacker with physical access can supply an invalid packet length via a malicious or compromised NIC device to cause a denial of service.

The reported packet length is supplied by the NIC device and is not sufficiently validated before skb processing.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-72065

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-34.34, 7.0.0-34.34.1, 7.0.0-34.34~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1013.13, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1020.20
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1013.13, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14

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