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CVE-2026-97571

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Propagate TPA buffer allocation failures in bnxt_queue_mem_alloc() bnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data() returns -ENOMEM as soon as one allocation fails. This leaves the remaining rxr->rx_tpa[] entries zeroed. bnxt_queue_mem_alloc() discards that return value, so the partially initialized ring is installed by bnxt_queue_start(). Since the agg_id is picked by the hardware and bnxt_alloc_agg_idx maps it to a SW index in rxr->rx_tpa[], it is possible that an uninitialized slot can be chosen which would hand a zero DMA address to the device. Fix this by checking the return value of bnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data and unwinding, freeing the ring buffers.

Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-25 11:17:07.803000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:17:26.243000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97571",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:07.803",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:26.243",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Propagate TPA buffer allocation failures in bnxt_queue_mem_alloc()\n\nbnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data() returns -ENOMEM as soon as one allocation\nfails. This leaves the remaining rxr->rx_tpa[] entries zeroed.\n\nbnxt_queue_mem_alloc() discards that return value, so the partially\ninitialized ring is installed by bnxt_queue_start().\n\nSince the agg_id is picked by the hardware and bnxt_alloc_agg_idx maps\nit to a SW index in rxr->rx_tpa[], it is possible that an uninitialized\nslot can be chosen which would hand a zero DMA address to the device.\n\nFix this by checking the return value of bnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data\nand unwinding, freeing the ring buffers."
    }
  ],
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