CVE-2026-74525

net: sxgbe: free TX rings on RX allocation failure

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 15, 2026
Updated: Aug 19, 2026
Reserved: Aug 15, 2026

Description

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

net: sxgbe: free TX rings on RX allocation failure

When RX descriptor ring allocation fails, init_dma_desc_rings() only frees the partially allocated RX rings and returns. The TX rings that were allocated earlier in the same function are leaked.

Rearrange error labels to clean up TX rings upon RX failures.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 923389d0370b4117bd579784442e8450f9bb89beAffected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before a07a69f472fff1c6edf77ca97616381657a8444cAffected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before f52de3ea462229457334c9d3c0d95a7856908664Affected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 3563e2486dcd50a751dbcbc1de37e5186646dce6Affected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before b33644a4f6d8f127c62d7b39f24114d3d2499204Affected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 42b87cfd9666ef156637c90ff3f6f6dd9a5ad4cbAffected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before f2e5bb9fb710553e76a3be9097b448b4e73d8c92Affected 1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before c870f7e2890b9f78ac84515a9809cc5c183c975eAffected
LinuxLinux	3.15Affected before 3.15Not affected 5.10.265 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.216 through 5.15.Not affected 6.1.183 through 6.1.Not affected 6.6.151 through 6.6.Not affected 6.12.103 through 6.12.Not affected 6.18.44 through 6.18.Not affected 7.1.8 through 7.1.*Not affected 7.2 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 923389d0370b4117bd579784442e8450f9bb89beAffected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before a07a69f472fff1c6edf77ca97616381657a8444cAffected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before f52de3ea462229457334c9d3c0d95a7856908664Affected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 3563e2486dcd50a751dbcbc1de37e5186646dce6Affected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before b33644a4f6d8f127c62d7b39f24114d3d2499204Affected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before 42b87cfd9666ef156637c90ff3f6f6dd9a5ad4cbAffected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before f2e5bb9fb710553e76a3be9097b448b4e73d8c92Affected
1edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d to before c870f7e2890b9f78ac84515a9809cc5c183c975eAffected

LinuxLinux

3.15Affected
before 3.15Not affected
5.10.265 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.216 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.1.183 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.6.151 through 6.6.*Not affected
6.12.103 through 6.12.*Not affected
6.18.44 through 6.18.*Not affected
7.1.8 through 7.1.*Not affected
7.2 and laterNot affected

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