PT-2026-37497 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

CVE-2026-43157

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Published

2026-02-06

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Updated

2026-08-19

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak occurs in the octeontx2-af driver due to RX/TX flow-control bitmaps rx fc pfvf bmap and tx fc pfvf bmap being allocated by the cgx lmac init() function but not released by the cgx lmac exit() function. This issue is triggered when unbinding and rebinding the driver, leading to unreferenced objects in memory.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-11688
CVE-2026-43157
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22742-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22769-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22809-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22810-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22812-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22903-1
SUSE-SU-2026:22904-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3130-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3166-1
USN-8492-1
USN-8492-2
USN-8492-3
USN-8492-4
USN-8492-5
USN-8497-1
USN-8498-1
USN-8499-1
USN-8606-1
USN-8607-1
USN-8609-1
USN-8619-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu