CVE-2026-99196
Linux: net: au1000: move setting of netops to fix crash
CVSS
NoneNot scoredExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
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Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
What fixes it
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: au1000: move setting of netops to fix crash
au1000_probe() calls au1000_mii_probe(), which connects the PHY, before dev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.
Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit 7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 6
- Linuxaffected: ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca before cfc11024fc061bf36044b40de9ecab57ed0a537dCVE List
- Linuxaffected: ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca before beabbafdd0f6779813a7656baa1b412b19bda911CVE List
- Linuxaffected: 7.2CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: all versions before 7.2CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.2.13 through 7.2.*CVE List
- Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List