CVE-2026-64222

/// Technical description

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

octeontx2-pf: avoid double free of pool->stack on AQ init failure

otx2_pool_aq_init() frees pool->stack when mailbox sync or retry

allocation fails, but leaves the pointer unchanged. Later,

otx2_sq_aura_pool_init() unwinds the partial setup through

otx2_aura_pool_free(), which frees pool->stack again. The CN20K-specific

cn20k_pool_aq_init() implementation has the same bug in

its corresponding error path.

Set pool->stack to NULL immediately after the local free so the shared

cleanup path does not free the same stack again while cleaning up

partially initialized pool state.

The bug was first flagged by an experimental analysis tool we are

developing for kernel memory-management bugs while analyzing

v6.13-rc1. The tool is still under development and is not yet publicly

available. Manual inspection confirms that the bug is still present in

v7.1-rc3.

Runtime validation was not performed because reproducing this path

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/// Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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