Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72058

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered wit...

CVE-2026-72058

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ixp4xxhss network driver. The ixp4xxhssprobe function incorrectly allocates two High-Level Data Link Control HDLC network devices instead of one. This programming error leads to a memory leak, as the initially allocated device is not properly unregistered an...

CVE-2026-72058

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered with registerhdlcdevice. The second one is stored in port-netdev and lat...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72058

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered with registerhdlcdevice. The second one is stored in port-netdev and lat...

CVE-2026-72058

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered with registerhdlcdevice. The second one is stored in port-netdev and lat...

EUVD-2026-59016

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered with registerhdlcdevice. The second one is stored in port-netdev and lat...

CVE-2026-72058

Summary: The CVE-2026-72058 issue in the Linux kernel affects the ixp4xx_hss HDLC netdev allocation. In ixp4xx_hss_probe, two separate HDLC netdevs were allocated: the first was stored in ndev, initialized, and registered, while the second was stored in port->netdev and later used by the remov...

CVE-2026-72058 net: ixp4xx_hss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ixp4xxhss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation ixp4xxhssprobe allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored in ndev, initialized, and registered with registerhdlcdevice. The second one is stored in port-netdev and lat...