{"id":"CVE-2026-99195","aliases":[],"title":"net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash","titleSource":"Linux","descriptionSource":"Linux","products":[{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca","status":"affected","lessThan":"c51b13299b4d45226efb09e532fb33e7109f78d7","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca","status":"affected","lessThan":"c9f8ce62a5faa73515ff5457716bd7306d20fd93","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99195"},{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"7.2","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"7.2","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.13","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"defaultStatus":"affected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99195"}],"remediation":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nethoc_probe() calls ethoc_mdio_probe(), which connects the PHY,\nbefore netdev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() ->\nphy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through\nnetdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes\nwith a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.\n\nAssign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit\n7c9f391ec89c (\"net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash\").","severity":"unknown","score":null,"published":"2026-10-28T10:35:51.485Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:51.485Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c51b13299b4d45226efb09e532fb33e7109f78d7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9f8ce62a5faa73515ff5457716bd7306d20fd93"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-99195","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:51.485Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99195"}],"assessments":[],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T20:10:32.935Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}