CVE-2026-98909 json
net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure
published 19d ago modified 17d ago also EUVD-2026-108865
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure
cpsw_probe() registers devlink before registering the CPSW ports.
If cpsw_register_ports() fails, the error path only unregisters the notifiers and then releases the lower level resources. It does not undo the successful cpsw_register_devlink() call, leaving the devlink instance and its parameters registered after probe has failed.
Add a devlink cleanup label for the path where devlink registration has already succeeded, and use it when port registration fails.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 7.2
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98909
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-149.149
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1069.74
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1073.81
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98909
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.159.1-1
azure linux advisories AZL-110671
Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b020390b4ef39adc40c800301042baf812280da1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5ac0defdd42e566f1c871272370b6a3a8eef5c commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/43d4af5c5331ea739a49cb1097d41e502ed91ec4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8af61d5bd87fd1a3bdc81fe948e7acdc8aa5bcf0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcf21ede6b097ca96cb1f7679761acca6510555 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a44945b0d3422f5d81b49c97e293f3e21a8c585 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b64f763b607426ac97e44b114f0b8844ac3b86dd commit
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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98909 updated cvss 1.9
kernel: net: cpsw_new: unregister devlink on port registration failure
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
+1 more productsfewer
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b020390b4ef39adc40c800301042baf812280da1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/5a5ac0defdd42e566f1c871272370b6a3a8eef5c
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/43d4af5c5331ea739a49cb1097d41e502ed91ec4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/8af61d5bd87fd1a3bdc81fe948e7acdc8aa5bcf0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2bcf21ede6b097ca96cb1f7679761acca6510555
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0a44945b0d3422f5d81b49c97e293f3e21a8c585
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b64f763b607426ac97e44b114f0b8844ac3b86dd
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-98909
- NVD CVE-2026-98909
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