CVE-2026-98909
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Linux Kernel Devlink Unregistration Failure on Port Registration Error
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-98909, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-23
Last updated on: 2026-10-23
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure
cpsw_probe() registers devlink before registering the CPSW ports.
If cpsw_register_ports() fails, the error path only unregisters the
notifiers and then releases the lower level resources. It does not undo
the successful cpsw_register_devlink() call, leaving the devlink instance
and its parameters registered after probe has failed.
Add a devlink cleanup label for the path where devlink registration has
already succeeded, and use it when port registration fails.
CVSS Scores
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Meta Information
Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
| Linux | Linux | 0 |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
