PT-2026-26116 · Linux · Linux

Published 2026-03-18 · Updated 2026-03-18 · CVE-2026-23256

NVD

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

net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup nic devices() cleanup

In setup nic devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label setup nic dev free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--) skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak.

Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i down to 0.

Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-23256

Affected Products

Linux

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23256 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01fbca1e93ec3f39f76c31a8f9afa32ce00da48a · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b19b3a22306fe452ec9e8ff96063f4bfb77b99 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4640fa5ad5e1a0dbd1c2d22323b7d70a8107dcfd · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd680e56e316be92c01568be98d85d7a6c9bd92c · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a56b89203ec7e5670d94a61a9b4ae617eca804 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf519e39b51cb08a93c0599870b35a23db1031e · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cbba46934aefdfb5d171e0a95aec06c24f7ca30 · Note