Bug 2562746 (CVE-2026-99198) - CVE-2026-99198 kernel: net: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix crash
Summary: CVE-2026-99198 kernel: net: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix ...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-99198
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-10-28 11:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-28 12:15 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-28 11:02:29 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix crash

owl_emac_probe() calls owl_emac_phy_init(), which connects the PHY,
before netdev->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").


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