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CVE-2026-98305

Linux: net: dsa: mxl862xx: disable the stats poll on teardown

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
7.8High
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.13%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 2% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in97df811a11d4f76bc2ffe67b6bf730263f56c668Also 9e92ad4630f5dd1838ce6bbe6b1bd2c73d34de36CVE List
Published6 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 97df811a11d4f76bc2ffe67b6bf730263f56c668LinuxCVE List
  • 9e92ad4630f5dd1838ce6bbe6b1bd2c73d34de36LinuxCVE List

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: dsa: mxl862xx: disable the stats poll on teardown

mxl862xx_setup() arms the stats poll before mxl862xx_setup_mdio(), and nothing stops it until dsa_register_switch() has returned an error to mxl862xx_probe(). DSA frees the dsa_port list before it returns, so a poll that fires once .setup or a later step of dsa_tree_setup() has failed walks freed ports. On shutdown the user ports stay registered, and the WORK_STOPPED flag test in mxl862xx_get_stats64() is not atomic with the cancel in mxl862xx_shutdown(), so a re-arm that read the flag before it was set queues the poll after cancel_delayed_work_sync() has returned.

Arm the poll once .setup has succeeded and stop it from a .teardown op, which DSA calls on unregister and after a failed registration, in both cases before it frees the ports. Use disable_delayed_work_sync() there and in shutdown(): it drains a running poll as the cancel did and turns every later attempt to queue the work into a no-op, so the re-arm cannot bring the poll back. remove() and the probe error path only set WORK_STOPPED, which crc_err_work tests before it walks the ports.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: a21d33a5265f0b31d935a8b9b2b6faefb5185911 before 97df811a11d4f76bc2ffe67b6bf730263f56c668CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: a21d33a5265f0b31d935a8b9b2b6faefb5185911 before 9e92ad4630f5dd1838ce6bbe6b1bd2c73d34de36CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 7.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.1CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.8 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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