HighFix available
net/mlx5: Fix vport QoS cleanup on error
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix vport QoS cleanup on error When enabling vport QoS fails, the scheduling node was never freed, causing a leak. Add the missing free and reset the vport scheduling node pointer to NULL.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.13.6
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-21882
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 14:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5: Fix vport QoS cleanup on error When enabling vport QoS fails, the scheduling node was never freed, causing a leak. Add the missing free and reset the vport scheduling node pointer to NULL.
osv:CVE-2025-21882
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.13.6
Complete source record
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