net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in PF setup_nic_devices() cleanup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in PF 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. Also, decrement i in the devlink_alloc failure path to point to the last successfully allocated index. Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in PF 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. Also, decrement i in the devlink_alloc failure path to point to the last successfully allocated index. Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293eaad0d6d6b2a37a458c7deb7be345349cd963
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8558aef4e8a1a83049ab906d21d391093cfa7e7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d2389c8cdc1f05de5eb8663bffe9ed05dca769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af38d9a5cb49fe9d0d282b44f17fdc1f3270d99d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d86c58eb005eb99da402452f3db7a6e0eae32815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1216b80c9040a904d2ad7c8cd24ca0ff1f36932
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86bd16280a0f88b538394e0565c56ce4756da99
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23257.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23257