net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash fixes the following crash on driver initialization: |BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158 |Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40 |Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] |BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform |Modules linked in: |CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 7.3.0-rc3+ #1 |Tainted: [W]=WARN |Hardware name: MyBook Live APM821XX 0x12c41c83 PowerPC 44x Platform |NIP: c0566b40 LR: c05648f8 CTR: c04c1e9c |REGS: c1053a20 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: GW (7.3.0-rc3+) |MSR: 0002b000 CR: 24008808 XER: 00000000 |DEAR: 00000158 ESR: 00000000 |GPR00: c05648f8 c1053b10 c1063600 c1030000 c5ab3000 00000000 [...] |GPR08: 00000002 00000000 00000000 c1053b40 84002808 00000000 [...] |GPR16: cfffd210 00000002 c0beafcc cfffc960 00000000 c1030644 [...] |GPR24: c0beafbc c1037000 00000000 0000000a 00000000 c1030000 [...] |NIP [c0566b40] phy_link_topo_add_phy+0x2c/0x1d0 |LR [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |Call Trace: |[c1053b10] [c0811e04] klist_put+0x54/0xb4 (unreliable) |[c1053b40] [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |[c1053b70] [c0564ae8] phy_connect_direct+0x2c/0x60 |[c1053b90] [c056c7a8] of_phy_connect+0x50/0x74 |[c1053bc0] [c0572a88] emac_probe+0xd50/0x119c |[c1053c90] [c04cb770] platform_probe+0x74/0xa4 |[c1053cb0] [c04c8f08] really_probe+0x120/0x2b0 |[c1053cd0] [c04c9254] __driver_probe_device+0x1bc/0x1fc |[c1053d00] [c04c933
CVE-2026-98922
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-98922
Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
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Linux
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
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Structured affected-version data
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"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
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"version": "ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca",
"lessThan": "c664cca8f622e66bea6a94279ae2611f1d1c0c67",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"status": "affected",
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"lessThan": "7c9f391ec89cb621d7af375ace2eb9a6248e5b9d",
"versionType": "git"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"product": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "7.2"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"lessThan": "7.2",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2.9",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.3",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
"lessThanOrEqual": "*"
}
],
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/ethernet/ibm/emac/core.c"
],
"defaultStatus": "affected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-98922
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- Event
- #52783 · Revision 1
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