CVE-2026-23256

medium

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd680e56e316be92c01568be98d85d7a6c9bd92c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71a56b89203ec7e5670d94a61a9b4ae617eca804

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cbba46934aefdfb5d171e0a95aec06c24f7ca30

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b19b3a22306fe452ec9e8ff96063f4bfb77b99

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4640fa5ad5e1a0dbd1c2d22323b7d70a8107dcfd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf519e39b51cb08a93c0599870b35a23db1031e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01fbca1e93ec3f39f76c31a8f9afa32ce00da48a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-03-18

Updated: 2026-03-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00024