{"id":"CVE-2026-99198","published":"2026-10-28T11:17:40.890","lastModified":"2026-10-28T11:17:40.890","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: actions: Move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nowl_emac_probe() calls owl_emac_phy_init(), which connects the PHY,\nbefore netdev->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/c2c4824319850c87e77d26aeb8f860bc310a64d7","tags":[]},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2eca3a54f415081711cd102d0db733de5abf170","tags":[]}],"exploitRefs":[],"hasPoc":false,"ai":null}