Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path A bitmap_zalloc() must be balanced by a corresponding bitmap_free() in the error handling path of afu_allocate_irqs().
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a15b45b5454da862376b5d69a4967f5c6fa1368 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4be138bcd6d68cec0ce47051b117541061f5141a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6544ff559315498ad6c0a311359ca44987f9ca07 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/695af60af755873399ce01cb97176768828bc1fd Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/89d51dc6878c47b6400922fac21b6a33f9d1a588 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/addff638c41753639368c252d0c5ba0d8fe9ed97 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2557780ee7818b701681c226fa4cb7c0b171665 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2c7a29f99788e9e5dfe41d16868ea33da7cc235 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 9 · as of 7 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-401
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