# CVE-2026-72050: octeontx2-af: Free BPID bitmap on setup failure

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-af: Free BPID bitmap on setup failure nix_setup_bpids() allocates bp->bpids with rvu_alloc_bitmap(), which uses a plain kcalloc(). If any of the following devm_kcalloc() allocations for the BPID mapping arrays fails, the function returns without freeing the bitmap. Free the BPID bitmap before returning from those error paths.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a939b683a74bd7d7ce4e3b7f696b491c8d71af4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c148cb82d11bb7cc7d86038a94e608a297e63c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0c880c9f4051100517040d065caff60e913b659
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36323f54cd323122a1be89ab2c316a6e55a94e30

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