octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks The RX/TX flow-control bitmaps (rx_fc_pfvf_bmap and tx_fc_pfvf_bmap) are allocated by cgx_lmac_init() but never freed in cgx_lmac_exit(). Unbinding and rebinding the driver therefore triggers kmemleak: unreferenced object (size 16): backtrace: rvu_alloc_bitmap cgx_probe Free both bitmaps during teardown.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.165, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6, 6.6.128
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-43157
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 16:14 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks The RX/TX flow-control bitmaps (rx_fc_pfvf_bmap and tx_fc_pfvf_bmap) are allocated by cgx_lmac_init() but never freed in cgx_lmac_exit(). Unbinding and rebinding the driver therefore triggers kmemleak: unreferenced object (size 16): backtrace: rvu_alloc_bitmap cgx_probe Free both bitmaps during teardown.
osv:CVE-2026-43157
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.1.165, 6.6.128, 6.12.75, 6.18.16, 6.19.6
Complete source record
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