CVE-2026-23160 octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup()

What is CVE-2026-23160?

CVE-2026-23160 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

octeon_ep: Fix memory leak in octep_device_setup()

In octep_device_setup(), if octep_ctrl_net_init() fails, the function returns directly without unmapping the mapped resources and freeing the allocated configuration memory.

Fix this by jumping to the unsupported_dev label, which performs the necessary cleanup. This aligns with the error handling logic of other paths in this function.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-23160?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-23160?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2026-23160 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23160 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as BELL-CVE-2026-23160, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23160, GHSA-7g88-w646-8r4r, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23160, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23160.