CVE-2026-31621

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's bnge driver. When an error occurs during device initialization, the driver fails to return after deallocating a device, leading to a null pointer dereference. This can cause system instability or a crash, resulting in a Denial of Service DoS for affected...

CVE-2026-31621

The CVE-2026-31621 issue affects the Linux kernel bnge driver: on failure of auxiliary_device_add(), the error path calls auxiliary_device_uninit() but does not return, causing a null dereference when cleanup runs bnge_aux_dev_release() (bd->auxr_dev is freed and then dereferenced). Red Hat re...

CVE-2026-31621 bnge: return after auxiliary_device_uninit() in error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnge: return after auxiliarydeviceuninit in error path When auxiliarydeviceadd fails, the error block calls auxiliarydeviceuninit but does not return. The uninit drops the last reference and synchronously runs bngeauxdevrelease,...