Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-90079

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-90079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

CVE-2026-90079

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

CVE-2026-90079

CVE-2026-90079 affects the octeontx2-af driver in the Linux kernel. The root cause is a memory-lifecycle bug in rvu_mbox_init(), which is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call allocated a new ng_rvu object, leaking the first a...

CVE-2026-90079 octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvu_mbox_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

CVE-2026-90079 octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvu_mbox_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

EUVD-2026-81940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

CVE-2026-90079: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: fix cn20k mailbox lifetime on repeated rvumboxinit rvumboxinit is called separately for AF-PF mailboxes during probe and for AF-VF mailboxes when SR-IOV is enabled. Each call used to allocate a new ngrvu object,...

CVE-2021-47537

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvumboxinit In rvumboxinit, mboxregions is not freed or passed out under the switch-default region, which could lead to a memory leak. Fix this bug by changing 'return err' to 'goto freeregions'...

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47537

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvumboxinit In rvumboxinit, mboxregions is not freed or passed out under the switch-default region, which could lead to a memory leak. Fix this bug by changing 'return err' to 'goto freeregions'...

CVE-2021-47537

CVE-2021-47537 affects the Linux kernel in the octeontx2-af component, where in rvu_mbox_init() the mbox_regions pointer could be leaked on the switch-default path. The bug was a memory leak due to not freeing or returning the regions, and it is fixed by replacing a plain return err with a goto f...

CVE-2021-47537 octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvu_mbox_init()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvumboxinit In rvumboxinit, mboxregions is not freed or passed out under the switch-default region, which could lead to a memory leak. Fix this bug by changing 'return err' to 'goto freeregions'...

CVE-2021-47537: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Fix a memleak bug in rvumboxinit In rvumboxinit, mboxregions is not freed or passed out under the switch-default region, which could lead to a memory leak. Fix this bug by changing 'return err' to 'goto freeregions'...