CVE-2026-80993

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phylink: correctly validate returned PCS in phylink_inband_caps In phylink_inband_caps(), the PCS returned by mac_select_pcs is only checked if NULL but mac_select_pcs can also return an error pointer. This can cause a kernel panic as phylink_pcs_inband_caps() only checks if passed PCS is not NULL and directly dereference ops from the phylink_pcs struct. Use the IS_ERR_OR_NULL macro to address both case where the returned PCS can be NULL or an error pointer and prevent a kernel panic.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-11 20:19:06.237000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:17:32.180000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-80993",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:06.237",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:32.180",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phylink: correctly validate returned PCS in phylink_inband_caps\n\nIn phylink_inband_caps(), the PCS returned by mac_select_pcs is only\nchecked if NULL but mac_select_pcs can also return an error pointer.\n\nThis can cause a kernel panic as phylink_pcs_inband_caps() only checks\nif passed PCS is not NULL and directly dereference ops from the phylink_pcs\nstruct.\n\nUse the IS_ERR_OR_NULL macro to address both case where the returned\nPCS can be NULL or an error pointer and prevent a kernel panic."
    }
  ],
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      "affectedData": [
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          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/phy/phylink.c"
          ],
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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  "metrics": {},
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}