TI-2026-64201 Aliases CVE-2026-97571 GHSA-5rwh-p838-cqxj

bnxt_en: Propagate TPA buffer allocation failures in bnxt_queue_mem_alloc()

LOW 22Published 2026-09-25 · Updated 2026-10-19

Key facts

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Confidentiality · integrity · availability: —
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00206 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7 +1Red Hat: 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	6.12.20 to before 6.12.112	6.12.112	Patch available	CNA
Linux	Linux	6.13 and later	6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.12.20 to before 6.12.112 Fixed in 6.12.112 Patch available CNA
Linux VendorLinux Affected 6.13 and later Fixed in 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	—	—	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.12.112
Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.12.112, 6.18.53, 7.2.7, 7.3

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred

Not affected: 5 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-97571
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5rwh-p838-cqxj
2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/[email protected], Linux/Linux@d7db2e4953e4626339fd0075564a3e447650d37b · CNA
2026-10-03 1 new reference · CNA
2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Other 4

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TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4

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Sources

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