Medium 5.5Published Feb 14, 2026

CVE-2026-23160octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup()

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 12:30 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup() In octep_device_setup(), if octep_ctrl_net_init() fails, the function returns directly without unmapping the mapped resources and freeing the allocated configuration memory. Fix this by jumping to the unsupported_dev label, which performs the necessary cleanup. This aligns with the error handling logic of other paths in this function. Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 577f0d1b1c5f3282fa2011177b0af692a7c21aee before 5058d3f8f17202e673f90af1446252322bd0850f; from 577f0d1b1c5f3282fa2011177b0af692a7c21aee before fdfd28e13c244d7c3345e74f339fd1b67605b694; from 577f0d1b1c5f3282fa2011177b0af692a7c21aee before d753f3c3f9d7a6e6dbb4d3a97b73007d71624551; from 577f0d1b1c5f3282fa2011177b0af692a7c21aee before 8016dc5ee19a77678c264f8ba368b1e873fa705b	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.4 before 6.6.123; from 6.7 before 6.12.69; from 6.13 before 6.18.9; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 2 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5058d3f8f17202e673f90af1446252322bd0850f	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdfd28e13c244d7c3345e74f339fd1b67605b694	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d753f3c3f9d7a6e6dbb4d3a97b73007d71624551	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8016dc5ee19a77678c264f8ba368b1e873fa705b	patch

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