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CVE-2026-99197

28 October 2026

mv643xx_eth_probe() connects the PHY before dev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.

Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit 7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").

Introduced

7.2 ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca

Fixed releases

7.2.13 bfb1ca89e9f6efa26c8a4a5b9de46541a222abc9

7.3 a3eef3d2cca032d8768b5eb07aab0f46b79bfd8a

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