CVE-2026-23160: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup() In octep_device_setup(), if octep_ctrl_net_init() fails, the function returns directly without unmapping the mapped resources and freeing the allocated configuration memory. Fix this by jumping to the unsupported_dev label, which performs the necessary cleanup. This aligns with the error handling logic of other paths in this function. Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.4, before 6.6.123 (fixed in 6.6.123); from 6.7, before 6.12.69 (fixed in 6.12.69); from 6.13, before 6.18.9 (fixed in 6.18.9); version 6.19 only

Published 2026-02-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.