CVE-2026-97574 PUBLISHED

bnxt_en: Don't free the live ring's TPA state on queue restart failure

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: Don't free the live ring's TPA state on queue restart failure

bnxt_queue_mem_alloc() shallow copies the live RX ring into the clone:

memcpy(clone, rxr, sizeof(*rxr));

the code currently clears pointers that the clone owns (such as rx_agg_bmap), but rx_tpa and rx_tpa_idx_map are left pointing at memory of the live ring that was cloned.

If an allocation failure happens later and the err_free_tpa_info label is taken, the live ring's memory can be freed while still in use.

Fix this by initializing the clone's pointers to NULL to prevent live ring state from being freed inadvertently.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from bd649c5cc958169b8a8a3e77ea926d92d472b02a to 8ade95619cbfd1fc57f0f1a9a5ebdca2345a8d27 (excl.)
  • affected from bd649c5cc958169b8a8a3e77ea926d92d472b02a to 0596a7caa6fc283e142716739099c038d8714082 (excl.)
  • affected from bd649c5cc958169b8a8a3e77ea926d92d472b02a to 5ce7f36c334d723954855ac769ede2fe0e8f89c8 (excl.)
  • Version 0997443906b96a051011f220a61e6dce4602ec54 is affected
  • affected from 6.12.20 to 6.13 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.13 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.13 (excl.)
  • 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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