CVE-2026-74525

net: sxgbe: free TX rings on RX allocation failure

N/A

Published: August 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM UTC

Updated: August 19, 2026 at 05:21 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

3.15 ≤ v < 5.10.2653.15 ≤ v < 5.15.2163.15 ≤ v < 6.1.1833.15 ≤ v < 6.12.1033.15 ≤ v < 6.18.443.15 ≤ v < 6.6.1513.15 ≤ v < 7.1.83.15 ≤ v < 7.21edb9ca69e8a7988900fc0283e10550b5592164d3.15

Vendor states this is fixed in 3563e2486dcd50a751dbcbc1de37e5186646dce6 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 42b87cfd9666ef156637c90ff3f6f6dd9a5ad4cb (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 923389d0370b4117bd579784442e8450f9bb89be (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in a07a69f472fff1c6edf77ca97616381657a8444c (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in b33644a4f6d8f127c62d7b39f24114d3d2499204 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in c870f7e2890b9f78ac84515a9809cc5c183c975e (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f2e5bb9fb710553e76a3be9097b448b4e73d8c92 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f52de3ea462229457334c9d3c0d95a7856908664 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 3.15 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.265 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.216 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.183 (unaffected)