Riskcovery

CVE-2026-63997

ethtool: module: avoid leaking a netdev ref on module flash errors

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Jul 19, 2026
Updated
Jul 19, 2026
Reserved
Jul 19, 2026

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Description

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

ethtool: module: avoid leaking a netdev ref on module flash errors

module_flash_fw_schedule() is missing undo for setting the "in_progress" flag and taking the netdev reference. Delay taking these, the device can't disappear while we are holding rtnl_lock.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e to before f7b4513e77f9571dc1041a798b93b5c4a4bfc191Affected
  • 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e to before 61848c83b9132ab839809fe415ba7802a0aca4f6Affected
  • 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e to before 956b134d917fd7e014dc7e39a9b7610c04fcc9baAffected
  • 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e to before fb7f511d62692661846c47f199e0afe25c2982dbAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.11Affected
  • before 6.11Not affected
  • 6.12.93 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.18.35 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.0.12 through 7.0.*Not affected
  • 7.1 and laterNot affected

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