CVE-2026-68375 (GCVE-0-2026-68375)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-10 12:03 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:04
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Title
bnxt_en: Handle partially initialized auxiliary devices
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt_en: Handle partially initialized auxiliary devices bnxt_aux_devices_init() calls auxiliary_device_init() before all fields used by bnxt_aux_dev_release() are initialized. After auxiliary_device_init() succeeds, later errors must unwind with auxiliary_device_uninit(), which invokes the release callback. The release callback assumes that aux_priv->id, aux_priv->edev, edev->net and edev->ulp_tbl are all populated. If allocation fails after auxiliary_device_init(), the release path can otherwise dereference or clear partially initialized state. Allocate and attach the bnxt_en_dev and ULP table before calling auxiliary_device_init(), so the release callback only sees a fully initialized auxiliary private object. If auxiliary_device_init() itself fails, free those allocations directly because device_initialize() has not run and the release callback will not be invoked. This issue was found by a static analysis checker and confirmed by manual source review.
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Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 194fad5b27815ca80e832ac875c0026ff96fc243 , < 4e1caa5fdd0dea36938fe39cceb1522e9d86c937 (git)
Affected: 194fad5b27815ca80e832ac875c0026ff96fc243 , < 1cb8553c02e93e5a150cebd42f9ee3db0ece4707 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.6 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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