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        "name": "Kernel"
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    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72082.json"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()\n\nWhen efct_hw_reqtag_alloc() fails in efct_hw_io_abort(), the error path\nreturns -ENOSPC without releasing the reference obtained via\nkref_get_unless_zero() earlier in the function. All other error paths\ncorrectly drop the reference. This causes a permanent reference leak on the\nio_to_abort object.\n\nAdditionally, the abort_in_progress flag is left set to true on this path,\nwhich means future abort attempts for the same I/O will immediately return\n-EINPROGRESS even though the abort was never submitted, effectively\nblocking recovery.\n\nFix this by adding the missing kref_put() call and reset abort_in_progress\nto false, matching the cleanup done in the efct_hw_wq_write() failure path\nbelow.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-72082",
  "modified": "2026-08-16T03:31:19.913033895Z",
  "published": "2026-08-15T05:52:31.291Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c007acf7b31c39c08ce4959451ad00b19be4c1f"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62cf39a9770a6f29df59fd0edb0a05234a8b07f2"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/747eaead2db298abfda2aa505f6d03775b40fe5f"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b871369cbb4532f6715e044d6b9c4ceb036e5b6"
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf97ea7b164a1881c7219f5222219c9d0fac4204"
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72082"
    },
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      "type": "PACKAGE",
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "scsi: elx: efct: Fix refcount leak in efct_hw_io_abort()"
}