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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-03-18 | Updated 2026-03-18 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before af38d9a5cb49fe9d0d282b44f17fdc1f3270d99d
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before d86c58eb005eb99da402452f3db7a6e0eae32815
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before f1216b80c9040a904d2ad7c8cd24ca0ff1f36932
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before a0d2389c8cdc1f05de5eb8663bffe9ed05dca769
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before f86bd16280a0f88b538394e0565c56ce4756da99
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before 293eaad0d6d6b2a37a458c7deb7be345349cd963
affected

f21fb3ed364bb83533c5efe19354e337ea9ecda9 (git) before 8558aef4e8a1a83049ab906d21d391093cfa7e7f
affected

Default status
affected

4.2
affected

Any version before 4.2
unaffected

5.10.250 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.200 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.163 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.124 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.70 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.10 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/af38d9a5cb49fe9d0d282b44f17fdc1f3270d99d

git.kernel.org/...c/d86c58eb005eb99da402452f3db7a6e0eae32815

git.kernel.org/...c/f1216b80c9040a904d2ad7c8cd24ca0ff1f36932

git.kernel.org/...c/a0d2389c8cdc1f05de5eb8663bffe9ed05dca769

git.kernel.org/...c/f86bd16280a0f88b538394e0565c56ce4756da99

git.kernel.org/...c/293eaad0d6d6b2a37a458c7deb7be345349cd963

git.kernel.org/...c/8558aef4e8a1a83049ab906d21d391093cfa7e7f

cve.org (CVE-2026-23257)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23257)

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