Unspecified impact via ignored RX allocation failure
Published Sep 25, 2026 · Updated Sep 25, 2026
Improper error handling in Linux 5.10 allows attackers to cause unspecified impact after a bnxt_en receive-ring allocation failure. bnxt_rx_ring_reset ignores an allocation error, re-enables TPA with partially unallocated rx_tpa entries, and can give the device a zero DMA address. The condition requires bnxt_en hardware, TPA, and an allocation failure during an RX ring reset; the public record does not state the resulting impact.
Summary
What happened
Improper error handling in Linux 5.10 allows attackers to cause unspecified impact after a bnxt_en receive-ring allocation failure. bnxt_rx_ring_reset ignores an allocation error, re-enables TPA with partially unallocated rx_tpa entries, and can give the device a zero DMA address. The condition requires bnxt_en hardware, TPA, and an allocation failure during an RX ring reset; the public record does not state the resulting impact.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-97573
- Published
- Sep 25, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- Unavailable
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.10
- Affected versionversion=8fbf58e17dce8f250dda9ad6b0a49b3041f0af14 <1a3670b6a6b5679fe56c5890157b344f091e64f8
- Affected versionversion=8fbf58e17dce8f250dda9ad6b0a49b3041f0af14 <4a17c73c83798c2fa9c7920ad5a98803adce3e01
- Affected versionversion=8fbf58e17dce8f250dda9ad6b0a49b3041f0af14 <8b2fd5c0aeda935294159206af9d6179282d425a
- Affected versionversion=8fbf58e17dce8f250dda9ad6b0a49b3041f0af14 <961e2a17c5e3559b3f8654d2daabdd25a42e770a
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