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CVE-2026-72037 (GCVE-0-2026-72037)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:51 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:07
VLAI
Title
net: lan743x: Initialize eth_syslock spinlock before use
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: lan743x: Initialize eth_syslock spinlock before use lan743x_hardware_init() calls pci11x1x_strap_get_status() during the PCI11x1x probe sequence. That helper acquires the Ethernet subsystem hardware lock via lan743x_hs_syslock_acquire(), which relies on adapter->eth_syslock_spinlock to serialize access. The spinlock is currently initialized only after the strap status is read. With CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK enabled, taking the zeroed initialized spinlock can trip the spinlock debug check. Fix by initializing adapter->eth_syslock_spinlock before reading the strap status so the probe path never attempts to lock an uninitialized spinlock.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < dfaefd9a7808736fcd2ed0de108f55c4badc15cc (git)
Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < 6523daa6852b1bfef32ec7a105b0217e8a115687 (git)
Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < b6a93a42e0e61f0ba0005a942ee3bffb16c0574e (git)
Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < 99a6f37b113c46815deb160c5012073563679ef4 (git)
Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < b99e890e6b32ffa11c145a16fefcf2c7137a9578 (git)
Affected: 46b777ad9a8c269113634cee6a380bc4e53f3964 , < 39139b1c1c2b614096519b526112c726adb12ff0 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.178 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.145 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.97 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.40 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.5 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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