{"id":"CVE-2026-99196","published":"2026-10-28T11:17:40.667","lastModified":"2026-10-28T11:17:40.667","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: au1000: move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nau1000_probe() calls au1000_mii_probe(), which connects the PHY,\nbefore dev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() ->\nphy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through\nnetdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes\nwith a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.\n\nAssign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit\n7c9f391ec89c (\"net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash\").","cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"cvssVector":null,"cwes":[],"vendors":[],"products":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/beabbafdd0f6779813a7656baa1b412b19bda911","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfc11024fc061bf36044b40de9ecab57ed0a537d","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}