# bnxt_en: Propagate RX ring init failures in bnxt_init_nic()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97572`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97572`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before e40641638743b4b848d5ed78a0565afffc359d8e` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 6b24eca42619b93f69aebc2aa0a9fd28ac9a5085` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 1f2d333ae2e1a73b7cc1c2a627587024cd147c01` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before c3eb07e78e628243cbb9bbb0115db802fb7a303f` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before daadccd062fdca5e77a8cc22ffe35857803b6c49` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before b4c40f2c80d7bf50648878bc206a39adfbfaec6c` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before dfd73af81cdb9f7b399754a59e2658a08211bee5` (git)
  - affected: `c0c050c58d840994ba842ad1c338a98e7c12b764 to before 8e6a850c0746bb4be167aedf1ee57469fcda09a9` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.4`
  - unaffected: `before 4.4` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97572](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97572)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97572](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97572)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e40641638743b4b848d5ed78a0565afffc359d8e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b24eca42619b93f69aebc2aa0a9fd28ac9a5085>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2d333ae2e1a73b7cc1c2a627587024cd147c01>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3eb07e78e628243cbb9bbb0115db802fb7a303f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daadccd062fdca5e77a8cc22ffe35857803b6c49>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c40f2c80d7bf50648878bc206a39adfbfaec6c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd73af81cdb9f7b399754a59e2658a08211bee5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e6a850c0746bb4be167aedf1ee57469fcda09a9>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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