CVE-2026-97973

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Cadence MACB Ethernet driver. When device initialization fails during the probing process, the error-handling path fails to properly release an allocated physical link phylink structure. A local user capable of triggering repeated probe failures could exploi...

SUSE CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

AZL-104835 CVE-2026-97973 affecting package kernel 6.6.157.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

EUVD-2026-86827

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

CVE-2026-97973 net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

CVE-2026-97973 net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

CVE-2026-97973

The Linux kernel contains a memory leak vulnerability in the macb driver. The macb_mii_init() function creates a phylink instance on success paths, but the probe unwind sequence frees the netdev without destroying the instance. This leads to a leak if macb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() fail...

CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

PT-2026-98637

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description A memory leak occurs in the net: macb component during the probe error path. The macb mii init function creates a phylink instance, but if macb alloc tieoff or register netdev fails, the...

CVE-2026-97973: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

CVE-2026-97973

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macbmiiinit creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macballoctieoff or...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: net: phy: It is now possible to allow the MDIO bus’s PM operations to initiate/stop the state machine for the phylink-controlled PHY. There are two types of DSA drivers: 1. Those that call dsaswitchsuspend and dsaswitchresume...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: net: dsa: improved shutdown sequence Alexander Sverdlin identified two issues during shutdown with the lan9303 driver. One issue is specific to lan9303, and the other occurs regardless of the driver. The first issue is that...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-80993

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net: phylink: correctly validate returned PCS in phylinkinbandcaps In phylinkinbandcaps, the PCS returned by macselectpcs is only checked if NULL but macselectp...

CVE-2026-80993

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's net: phylink component. The phylinkinbandcaps function does not correctly validate the return value from macselectpcs, which can return an error pointer instead of a valid Physical Coding Sublayer PCS object. This oversight can lead to dereferencing an inval...

CVE-2026-80993

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phylink: correctly validate returned PCS in phylinkinbandcaps In phylinkinbandcaps, the PCS returned by macselectpcs is only checked if NULL but macselectpcs can also return an error pointer. This can cause a kernel panic as...

CVE-2026-80993

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phylink: correctly validate returned PCS in phylinkinbandcaps In phylinkinbandcaps, the PCS returned by macselectpcs is only checked if NULL but macselectpcs can also return an error pointer. This can cause a kernel panic as...