Exposed IOCTL with Insufficient Access Control in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23257
Published: March 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124191
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23257
CWE-ID: CWE-782
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to an off-by-one error in the PF setup_nic_devices() function in the liquidio network driver when handling device initialization cleanup. A local user can trigger improper cleanup of allocated resources to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability specifically results in a memory leak during device setup failure, which may lead to resource exhaustion over time. Administrative privileges are required to trigger the device setup process.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-23257
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/293eaad0d6d6b2a37a458c7deb7be345349cd963
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8558aef4e8a1a83049ab906d21d391093cfa7e7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0d2389c8cdc1f05de5eb8663bffe9ed05dca769
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af38d9a5cb49fe9d0d282b44f17fdc1f3270d99d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d86c58eb005eb99da402452f3db7a6e0eae32815
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1216b80c9040a904d2ad7c8cd24ca0ff1f36932
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86bd16280a0f88b538394e0565c56ce4756da99