Threats tagged 'ghsa-3q52-v35w-h242'

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bnxt_en driver was resolved that involved improper freeing of memory related to the live ring's TPA state on queue restart failure. Specifically, during a queue restart failure, the live ring's memory could be freed while still in use due to shallow copying and incomplete pointer initialization in the clone structure. This could lead to use-after-free conditions. The fix involved initializing the clone's pointers to NULL to prevent inadvertent freeing of live ring state memory.