CVE-2026-72448 — octeontx2-pf: Fix leak of SQ timestamp buffer on teardown
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix leak of SQ timestamp buffer on teardown The send-queue timestamp ring is allocated with q…
Published: 2026-08-15 · CVSS: Unscored
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix leak of SQ timestamp buffer on teardown The send-queue timestamp ring is allocated with qmem_alloc() when timestamping is used, but otx2_free_sq_res() never freed sq->timestamps, leaking that memory across ifdown and device removal. Add the missing qmem_free() alongside the other SQ companion buffers.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7