CVE-2026-23022
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Publication date: 2026-01-31

Last updated on: 2026-03-25

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix memory leak in idpf_vc_core_deinit() Make sure to free hw->lan_regs. Reported by kmemleak during reset: unreferenced object 0xff1b913d02a936c0 (size 96): comm "kworker/u258:14", pid 2174, jiffies 4294958305 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 c0 a8 ba 2d ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ......-......... 00 00 40 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 25 b3 a8 ba 2d ff ..@.......%...-. backtrace (crc 36063c4f): __kmalloc_noprof+0x48f/0x890 idpf_vc_core_init+0x6ce/0x9b0 [idpf] idpf_vc_event_task+0x1fb/0x350 [idpf] process_one_work+0x226/0x6d0 worker_thread+0x19e/0x340 kthread+0x10f/0x250 ret_from_fork+0x251/0x2b0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
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Published
2026-01-31
Last Modified
2026-03-25
Generated
2026-05-09
AI Q&A
2026-01-31
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-08
NVD
CVE-2026-23022
EUVD
EUVD-2026-5072
Affected Vendors & Products
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Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.19
linux linux_kernel 6.17
linux linux_kernel From 6.17.1 (inc) to 6.18.6 (exc)
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CWE ID Description
CWE-401 The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.
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How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The memory leak can cause increased memory usage over time, potentially leading to degraded system performance or instability if the leaked memory accumulates. This could affect systems running the Linux kernel with the idpf driver, especially under workloads involving resets.


Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a memory leak in the Linux kernel's idpf driver, specifically in the function idpf_vc_core_deinit(). The issue occurs because the hardware LAN registers (hw->lan_regs) were not properly freed during reset, leading to unreferenced memory objects that are not released.


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