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octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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

octeontx2-af: CGX: fix bitmap leaks

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 May 2026, 11:27 UTC

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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