CVE-2026-23256

Name	CVE-2026-23256
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.251-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.159-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.164-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.73-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.74-2	fixed
	forky	6.19.6-2	fixed
	sid	6.19.8-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version
linux	source	bullseye	5.10.251-1
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.164-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.73-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.18.10-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/6cbba46934aefdfb5d171e0a95aec06c24f7ca30 (6.19)