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GHSA-HMG3-FX9R-3V68

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup

gem_init_one() calls gem_remove_one() when register_netdev() fails. gem_remove_one() unregisters and frees resources owned by the net_device, including the DMA block, MMIO mapping, PCI regions, and the net_device itself. gem_init_one() then falls through to its own cleanup labels and frees the same resources again.

Keep the register_netdev() error path in gem_init_one(): clear drvdata so PM/remove paths do not see a half-registered device, remove the NAPI instance added during probe, and let the existing cleanup labels release the resources once.

The issue was found by a local static-analysis checker for probe error paths. The reported path was manually inspected before sending this fix.

Compile-tested with CONFIG_SUNGEM=y. Runtime testing was not performed because no sungem hardware is available.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-72406 (GCVE-0-2026-72406)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-15 05:56 – Updated: 2026-08-17 05:43

Title

net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup gem_init_one() calls gem_remove_one() when register_netdev() fails. gem_remove_one() unregisters and frees resources owned by the net_device, including the DMA block, MMIO mapping, PCI regions, and the net_device itself. gem_init_one() then falls through to its own cleanup labels and frees the same resources again. Keep the register_netdev() error path in gem_init_one(): clear drvdata so PM/remove paths do not see a half-registered device, remove the NAPI instance added during probe, and let the existing cleanup labels release the resources once. The issue was found by a local static-analysis checker for probe error paths. The reported path was manually inspected before sending this fix. Compile-tested with CONFIG_SUNGEM=y. Runtime testing was not performed because no sungem hardware is available.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

8 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3bd60b26814b7c3c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1d04fefb0c2a2de3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/331c99029a1cee111…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a63eaf7605d1579cf…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb73cdc50b6755e5c…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15a3cc68e2450aa0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc49e8746584564db…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36dea2f639249460d…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < f3bd60b26814b7c3c57c629abb0857dfc76d214a (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < f1d04fefb0c2a2de32d9cee22cdc2088be3758d1 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 331c99029a1cee1111f82f63d15b3cdebefbd341 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < a63eaf7605d1579cf3f551792e478cfaf5ac37d1 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < fb73cdc50b6755e5c3a80a195b2708a39ada0230 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < b15a3cc68e2450aa0edd94a74a7bdd45fcc17dd9 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < bc49e8746584564dba47d963d1916cc876fc6f6b (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 36dea2f639249460d13f6ca66b2a9064187cd34d (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.12 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.12 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.261 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.212 , ≤ 5.15.* (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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