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CVE-2026-97573

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset() bnxt_rx_ring_reset() frees the ring buffers and then reallocates them, ignoring the result. bnxt_alloc_one_rx_ring() can fail in bnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data(), which returns -ENOMEM on the first failed allocation and leaves the remaining rxr->rx_tpa[] entries zeroed. The error isn't propagated up, so the loop in bnxt_rx_ring_reset continues and at the end the code re-enables TPA with partially unallocated rx_tpa array. This means that when the agg_id from hardware is mapped to a SW index in rxr->rx_tpa[], an uninitialized slot can be chosen which would hand a zero DMA address to the device. Fix this by falling back to a global reset, which is what the existing code already does when other functions fail, but unlike the other failure cases this particular failure has to return because TPA can't be re-enabled since the allocation failed.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-25 11:17:08.017000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:17:26.470000
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:08.017",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:26.470",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnxt_en: Handle buffer allocation failure in bnxt_rx_ring_reset()\n\nbnxt_rx_ring_reset() frees the ring buffers and then reallocates them,\nignoring the result.\n\nbnxt_alloc_one_rx_ring() can fail in bnxt_alloc_one_tpa_info_data(), which\nreturns -ENOMEM on the first failed allocation and leaves the remaining\nrxr->rx_tpa[] entries zeroed.\n\nThe error isn't propagated up, so the loop in bnxt_rx_ring_reset\ncontinues and at the end the code re-enables TPA with partially\nunallocated rx_tpa array.\n\nThis means that when the agg_id from hardware is mapped to a SW index in\nrxr->rx_tpa[], an uninitialized slot can be chosen which would hand a\nzero DMA address to the device.\n\nFix this by falling back to a global reset, which is what the existing\ncode already does when other functions fail, but unlike the other\nfailure cases this particular failure has to return because TPA can't\nbe re-enabled since the allocation failed."
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