Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72082 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72082 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
HOL Guard separates source facts from reviewed analysis. See the methodology.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <1c6e186c722cfa9a58ebe841f91ab2ddf8570cc7 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <faa59add4808fbf92e7d15bfd8770d2682c2b953 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f | cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204, 1c6e186c722cfa9a58ebe841f91ab2ddf8570cc7, 62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2, faa59add4808fbf92e7d15bfd8770d2682c2b953, 9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6, 747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f, 2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.14 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort() When efct_hw_reqtag_alloc() fails in efct_hw_io_abort(), the error path returns -ENOSPC without releasing the reference obtained via kref_get_unless_zero() earlier in the function. All other error paths correctly drop the reference. This causes a permanent reference leak on the io_to_abort object. Additionally, the abort_in_progress flag is left set to true on this path, which means future abort attempts for the same I/O will immediately return -EINPROGRESS even though the abort was never submitted, effectively blocking recovery. Fix this by adding the missing kref_put() call and reset abort_in_progress to false, matching the cleanup done in the efct_hw_wq_write() failure path below.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.
A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <1c6e186c722cfa9a58ebe841f91ab2ddf8570cc7 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <faa59add4808fbf92e7d15bfd8770d2682c2b953 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6 || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f || >=63de51327a64c74e85611a0161eaae71256a3b6d <2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f | cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204, 1c6e186c722cfa9a58ebe841f91ab2ddf8570cc7, 62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2, faa59add4808fbf92e7d15bfd8770d2682c2b953, 9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6, 747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f, 2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.14 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort() When efct_hw_reqtag_alloc() fails in efct_hw_io_abort(), the error path returns -ENOSPC without releasing the reference obtained via kref_get_unless_zero() earlier in the function. All other error paths correctly drop the reference. This causes a permanent reference leak on the io_to_abort object. Additionally, the abort_in_progress flag is left set to true on this path, which means future abort attempts for the same I/O will immediately return -EINPROGRESS even though the abort was never submitted, effectively blocking recovery. Fix this by adding the missing kref_put() call and reset abort_in_progress to false, matching the cleanup done in the efct_hw_wq_write() failure path below.
Quoted source text, attributed separately from HOL analysis.