CVE-2026-43219
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cpsw_new: Fix potential unregister of netdev that has not been registered yet
If an error occurs during register_netdev() for the first MAC in cpsw_register_ports(), even though cpsw->slaves[0].ndev is set to NULL, cpsw->slaves[1].ndev would remain unchanged. This could later cause cpsw_unregister_ports() to attempt unregistering the second MAC. To address this, add a check for ndev->reg_state before calling unregister_netdev(). With this change, setting cpsw->slaves[i].ndev to NULL becomes unnecessary and can be removed accordingly.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Base score: 5.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 5
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14645799ad5253a028cf662e2f9cd18a68f74b31
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23acc565186ee27e788408cbd81b92730b6aaa3a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29739ec197ed66535bc0b86f14ab66c5f4512138
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/349c4cac6f54a81fc107589771f88136a2b20415
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67cca9df4d17f2c824655d31195b2e75334ae286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d724b34fbe13b71865ad0906a4be97571f19cf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d31a12cee10bbc12b4b523a4709fd1fdee8b7d0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8e1623a3028e1d8c75eec7898d94c6f17dce40
Raw JSON (NVD)
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