{"cve":"CVE-2026-89582","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-11T20:19:42.537","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:54.307","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbnx2x: fix double free in bnx2x_init_firmware() error path\n\nbnx2x_init_firmware() frees bp->init_ops, bp->init_data and\nbp->init_ops_offsets in its error path without setting them to NULL.\nThe cleanup function bnx2x_release_firmware() frees the same three\npointers unconditionally, so if init_firmware fails and\nrelease_firmware is later called (e.g. from __bnx2x_remove or through\nthe function state machine), all three are freed a second time.\n\nSet each pointer to NULL after kfree() in the error path so that the\nsubsequent kfree(NULL) in bnx2x_release_firmware() is a safe no-op.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d4516e3eb1fcde4a5db29eb556cdb0ebba6265","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d36e38e48340a1ccf92a98c7a22d07a954e5aa3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/770715784b689749014ce193ef986b706fe8f51c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a142c024f07d623e2b6b25943f6c36d4b6b0b4c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac280f6872e75df49f3004505bcddff91d9e5362"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:53:43.293028046+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-89582","score":0.00177,"percentile":0.07144,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}