Bug 2516320 (CVE-2026-72038) - CVE-2026-72038 kernel: net: liquidio: fix BAR resource leak on PF number failure
Summary: CVE-2026-72038 kernel: net: liquidio: fix BAR resource leak on PF number failure
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72038
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:06 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-17 17:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:06:20 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: liquidio: fix BAR resource leak on PF number failure

If cn23xx_get_pf_num() fails, the function returns without
unmapping either BAR. Unmap both BARs before returning from
the error path.

Found by manual code review.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-08-17 17:23:38 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081513-CVE-2026-72038-8eaa@gregkh/T
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