CVE-2026-97572 PUBLISHED

bnxt_en: Propagate RX ring init failures in bnxt_init_nic()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 24.09.2026 Published: 25.09.2026 Updated: 25.09.2026

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

bnxt_en: Propagate RX ring init failures in bnxt_init_nic()

bnxt_init_rx_rings() returns an error when bnxt_alloc_one_rx_ring() fails, but bnxt_init_nic() discards that return value and calls bnxt_init_chip(), which enables TPA.

If an allocation fails, this could leave rxr->rx_tpa[] partially zeroed and TPA would be enabled over an array with zeroed entries. This would lead to a zeroed DMA address being handed out if the agg_idx is translated to a SW index at a zeroed entry.

Fix this by propagating the error out of bnxt_init_nic(). Both callers already check its return value and unwind with bnxt_free_skbs() and bnxt_free_mem(), which tolerate a partially initialized RX ring.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to daadccd062fdca5e77a8cc22ffe35857803b6c49 (excl.)
  • affected from c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to b4c40f2c80d7bf50648878bc206a39adfbfaec6c (excl.)
  • affected from c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to dfd73af81cdb9f7b399754a59e2658a08211bee5 (excl.)
  • affected from c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to 8e6a850c0746bb4be167aedf1ee57469fcda09a9 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.4 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.4 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.111 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.53 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.7 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc3 to * (incl.)

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