{"id":"CVE-2026-99197","aliases":[],"title":"net: mv643xx: move setting of netops to fix crash","titleSource":"Linux","descriptionSource":"Linux","products":[{"vendor":"Linux","name":"Linux","platforms":[],"versions":[{"version":"ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca","status":"affected","lessThan":"bfb1ca89e9f6efa26c8a4a5b9de46541a222abc9","versionType":"git"},{"version":"ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca","status":"affected","lessThan":"a3eef3d2cca032d8768b5eb07aab0f46b79bfd8a","versionType":"git"}],"defaultStatus":"unaffected","source":"Linux","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99197"},{"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-2026-99197"}],"remediation":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mv643xx: move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nmv643xx_eth_probe() connects the PHY before dev->netdev_ops is\nassigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads\ndev->netdev_ops through netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in\nquestion, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when\nCONFIG_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":"2026-10-28T10:35:52.987Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:52.987Z","withdrawn":false,"knownExploited":false,"affected":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfb1ca89e9f6efa26c8a4a5b9de46541a222abc9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3eef3d2cca032d8768b5eb07aab0f46b79bfd8a"],"sources":[{"name":"CVE","id":"CVE-2026-99197","modified":"2026-10-28T10:35:52.987Z","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99197"}],"assessments":[],"sourceAffected":[],"kev":{"status":"not-listed","checkedAt":"2026-10-28T21:40:30.742Z"},"coverage":[{"source":"NVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"GHSA","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EUVD","status":"not-checked"},{"source":"EPSS","status":"not-checked"}],"evidence":[]}