CVE-2026-23256: 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: net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic_devices() cleanup In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label setup_nic_dev_free on failure. The current cleanup loop while(i--) skip the failing index i, causing a memory leak. Fix this by changing the loop to iterate from the current index i down to 0. Compile tested only. Issue found using code review.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 4.10, before 5.10.250 (fixed in 5.10.250); from 5.11, before 5.15.200 (fixed in 5.15.200); from 5.16, before 6.1.163 (fixed in 6.1.163); from 6.2, before 6.6.124 (fixed in 6.6.124); from 6.7, before 6.12.70 (fixed in 6.12.70); from 6.13, before 6.18.10 (fixed in 6.18.10); …

Published 2026-03-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.