CVE-2026-99195: net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash
Published Oct 28, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash
ethocprobe() calls ethocmdioprobe(), which connects the PHY, before netdev->netdevops is assigned. phyattachdirect() -> phylinktopoaddphy() reads dev->netdevops through netdevneedopslock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIGNETSHAPER is enabled.
Assign netdevops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit 7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").
Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
Linux kernelto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch 7c9f391ec89c
Event History
Oct 28, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·10:35 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·10:35 AM
Description