CVE-2026-72081

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72081
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72081.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-72081
Downstream
Published
2026-08-15T05:52:30Z
Modified
2026-08-18T03:31:15Z
Summary
scsi: elx: efct: Fix I/O leak on unsupported additional CDB
Details

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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72081.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
f45ae6aac0a077ca15a6e7baae0a62eef099ea7d
Fixed
42a391d508e1f52fda5d81344e100a53c00898e3
Fixed
9d479f50a6067954259414aa66d816c7df081286
Fixed
8c689a8f229223cec4a821c65cfe40f8e8c56470
Fixed
235159f75ab6f95484494db4cc031663e5ee4680
Fixed
df87532e9212238509f23effd0ca39d9c3062d21
Fixed
94cbfed191248dc88c23fc881119bb399486ddfd
Fixed
9cb2d5291dbfe7bed565ead3337047dee9ed1064

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72081.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.14.0
Fixed
5.15.212
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.178
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.145
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.97
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.13.0
Fixed
6.18.40
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.5

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-72081.json"