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CVE-2026-98620

net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: unregister net_devices in case of probe failure

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published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.55, 7.2.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: mtk_eth_soc: unregister net_devices in case of probe failure If register_netdev() fails for one of the MTK_MAX_DEVS devices in mtk_probe(), the error path jumps to err_deinit_ppe, skipping mtk_unreg_dev(). The previously registered net_devices are then freed by mtk_free_dev() while still in NETREG_REGISTERED state, hitting the BUG_ON(dev->reg_state != NETREG_UNREGISTERED). Route the register_netdev() failure to err_unreg_netdev so the net_devices registered so far are properly unregistered before being freed.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 8a8a9e89f801ce5d3d1d57ac48db678caf072147 · fixed in 245bea0c7ab278150c70366bdeb69b901327133c; From 8a8a9e89f801ce5d3d1d57ac48db678caf072147 · fixed in ab3bde3b3e56331b4f53a1f6cf4e5e9d1c14c1a0; From 8a8a9e89f801ce5d3d1d57ac48db678caf072147 · fixed in 7254b702e556158e34b4d7c168b5d8e7da5978af; From 8a8a9e89f801ce5d3d1d57ac48db678caf072147 · fixed in 0fdb944d4df02223c67d5e65c4c134ecb57a5668; From 8a8a9e89f801ce5d3d1d57ac48db678caf072147 · fixed in 310d1ac61a4d5a2ca8356a3a48d263acf54503ce

  • Linux Linux

    4.9

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.9.0 · fixed in 6.6.158; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.112; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.18.55; From 6.19.0 · fixed in 7.2.9

References 5

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