{"id":"CVE-2026-97973","published":"2026-09-25T11:17:25.203","lastModified":"2026-09-25T11:17:25.203","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path\n\nmacb_mii_init() creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths,\nbut the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing\nmacb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() leaks the instance.\n\nDestroy it at err_out_unregister_mdio, which is only reachable once\nmacb_mii_init() has succeeded, so bp->phylink is valid there.","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23b6a44ffea1c54a4232aa86ee470b21422a8cc5","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d059f390750152b9bd69df934198651b94fc26d","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8558e3195664113c14a4d8fcf221b3caff41fed1","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e92a45b872b035c79acde8dd0da096a72b61ff2f","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}