CVE-2026-89582

CVE-2026-89582

published September 12, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bnx2x: fix double free in bnx2x_init_firmware() error path

bnx2x_init_firmware() frees bp->init_ops, bp->init_data and

bp->init_ops_offsets in its error path without setting them to NULL.

The cleanup function bnx2x_release_firmware() frees the same three

pointers unconditionally, so if init_firmware fails and

release_firmware is later called (e.g. from __bnx2x_remove or through

the function state machine), all three are freed a second time.

Set each pointer to NULL after kfree() in the error path so that the

subsequent kfree(NULL) in bnx2x_release_firmware() is a safe no-op.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00177 · 6.9th percentile
Published
2026-09-12T00:19Z
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 19:44Z
    bnx2x: fix double free in bnx2x_init_firmware() error path
    cvelistv5