Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-apple: Prevent shared tags across queues on Apple A11

On Apple A11, tags of pending commands must be unique across the admin
and IO queues, else the firmware crashes with
"duplicate tag error for tag N", with N being the tag.

Apply the existing workaround for M1 of reserving two tags for the admin
queue to A11.
Published: 2026-08-15
Score: 5.5 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-694
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 15 Aug 2026 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-795

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-apple: Prevent shared tags across queues on Apple A11 On Apple A11, tags of pending commands must be unique across the admin and IO queues, else the firmware crashes with "duplicate tag error for tag N", with N being the tag. Apply the existing workaround for M1 of reserving two tags for the admin queue to A11.
Title nvme-apple: Prevent shared tags across queues on Apple A11
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References

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Linux Linux Kernel
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:08:48.421Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.907Z

Link: CVE-2026-72131

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:21:30.557

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:18:12.807

Link: CVE-2026-72131

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-72131 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-08-18T15:00:06Z

Weaknesses