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Tracker / CVE-2026-63997

CVE-2026-63997

Medium 5.5

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.

Affected products and versions

linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel · 6.11 → 6.12.93
linux linux_kernel · 6.13 → 6.18.35
linux linux_kernel · 6.19 → 7.0.12

Analysis

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