net: macsec: Fix offload support for NETDEV_UNREGISTER event
Current macsec netdev notify handler handles NETDEV_UNREGISTER event by
releasing relevant SW resources only, this causes resources leak in case
of macsec HW offload, as the underlay driver was not notified to clean
it's macsec offload resources.
Fix by calling the underlay driver to clean it's relevant resources
by moving offload handling from macsec_dellink() to macsec_common_dellink()
when handling NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.
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Wed, 01 Oct 2025 13:45:00 +0000
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CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-05-04T08:21:42.664Z
Reserved: 2024-06-20T11:09:39.051Z
Link: CVE-2022-48720

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:24:59.933Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-06-20T11:15:55.547
Modified: 2025-10-01T13:38:18.227
Link: CVE-2022-48720


Updated: 2025-07-12T23:06:21Z