CVE-2026-98008
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: fix NULL pointer dereference on unbind with fixed-link When the device tree describes a fixed-link and has no "mdio" child node, macb_mii_init() returns early without allocating the MDIO bus, leaving bp->mii_bus as NULL. Two cleanup paths then dereference this NULL bus: 1. On driver unbind, macb_remove() unconditionally calls mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus), which oopses: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000004a8 pc : mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4 lr : macb_remove+0x38/0xa4 Call trace: mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4 (P) macb_remove+0x38/0xa4 platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_release_driver_internal+0x1c8/0x224 unbind_store+0xb4/0xbc 2. On the probe error path in macb_probe(), reached when macb_mii_init() has succeeded but a subsequent step fails, the err_out_unregister_mdio label runs the same unconditional cleanup. mdiobus_unregister() and mdiobus_free() do not guard against a NULL bus, so guard the calls in both macb_remove() and the probe error path.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-25 11:17:29.080000
Last modified
2026-10-19 10:17:52.177000
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"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2026-09-25T11:17:29.080",
"lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:52.177",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: fix NULL pointer dereference on unbind with fixed-link\n\nWhen the device tree describes a fixed-link and has no \"mdio\" child\nnode, macb_mii_init() returns early without allocating the MDIO bus,\nleaving bp->mii_bus as NULL.\n\nTwo cleanup paths then dereference this NULL bus:\n\n1. On driver unbind, macb_remove() unconditionally calls\n mdiobus_unregister(bp->mii_bus), which oopses:\n\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000004a8\n pc : mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4\n lr : macb_remove+0x38/0xa4\n Call trace:\n mdiobus_unregister+0x14/0xa4 (P)\n macb_remove+0x38/0xa4\n platform_remove+0x20/0x30\n device_release_driver_internal+0x1c8/0x224\n unbind_store+0xb4/0xbc\n\n2. On the probe error path in macb_probe(), reached when\n macb_mii_init() has succeeded but a subsequent step fails, the\n err_out_unregister_mdio label runs the same unconditional cleanup.\n\nmdiobus_unregister() and mdiobus_free() do not guard against a NULL\nbus, so guard the calls in both macb_remove() and the probe error\npath."
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