What is CVE-2026-23256?

CVE-2026-23256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-23256?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23256

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: liquidio: Fix off-by-one error in VF setup_nic_devices() cleanup In setup_nic_devices(), the initialization loop jumps to the label setup_nic_dev_free on failure. T…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 846b46873eeb3baf40f7e6d8fe8f98aec95e7727, 4.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-193 — Off-by-one Error

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23256?: CVE-2026-23256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-23256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.