CVE-2026-99194
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Aeroflex Greth Ethernet Driver Netdev Ops Crash Fix

Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-99194, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-10-28

Last updated on: 2026-10-28

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: aeroflex: move setting of netops to fix crash greth_of_probe() calls greth_mdio_init(), 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").

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Published
2026-10-28
Last Modified
2026-10-28
Generated
2026-10-28
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Linux Linux ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca
Linux Linux ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca
Linux Linux 7.2

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