# CVE-2026-72406: net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-08-15 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- Linux: from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in f3bd60b26814b7c3c57c629abb0857dfc76d214a; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in f1d04fefb0c2a2de32d9cee22cdc2088be3758d1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 331c99029a1cee1111f82f63d15b3cdebefbd341; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in a63eaf7605d1579cf3f551792e478cfaf5ac37d1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in fb73cdc50b6755e5c3a80a195b2708a39ada0230; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in b15a3cc68e2450aa0edd94a74a7bdd45fcc17dd9; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in bc49e8746584564dba47d963d1916cc876fc6f6b; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 36dea2f639249460d13f6ca66b2a9064187cd34d
- Linux: 2.6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.12, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.97; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.40; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.5

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup gem_init_one() calls gem_remove_one() when register_netdev() fails. gem_remove_one() unregisters and frees resources owned by the net_device, including the DMA block, MMIO mapping, PCI regions, and the net_device itself. gem_init_one() then falls through to its own cleanup labels and frees the same resources again. Keep the register_netdev() error path in gem_init_one(): clear drvdata so PM/remove paths do not see a half-registered device, remove the NAPI instance added during probe, and let the existing cleanup labels release the resources once. The issue was found by a local static-analysis checker for probe error paths. The reported path was manually inspected before sending this fix. Compile-tested with CONFIG_SUNGEM=y. Runtime testing was not performed because no sungem hardware is available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3bd60b26814b7c3c57c629abb0857dfc76d214a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d04fefb0c2a2de32d9cee22cdc2088be3758d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/331c99029a1cee1111f82f63d15b3cdebefbd341
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63eaf7605d1579cf3f551792e478cfaf5ac37d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb73cdc50b6755e5c3a80a195b2708a39ada0230
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15a3cc68e2450aa0edd94a74a7bdd45fcc17dd9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc49e8746584564dba47d963d1916cc876fc6f6b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36dea2f639249460d13f6ca66b2a9064187cd34d

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