Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash
fixes the following crash on driver initialization:
|BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158
|Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40
|Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
|BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform
|Modules linked in:
|CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 7.3.0-rc3+ #1
|Tainted: [W]=WARN
|Hardware name: MyBook Live APM821XX 0x12c41c83 PowerPC 44x Platform
|NIP: c0566b40 LR: c05648f8 CTR: c04c1e9c
|REGS: c1053a20 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: GW (7.3.0-rc3+)
|MSR: 0002b000 <CE,EE,FP,ME> CR: 24008808 XER: 00000000
|DEAR: 00000158 ESR: 00000000
|GPR00: c05648f8 c1053b10 c1063600 c1030000 c5ab3000 00000000 [...]
|GPR08: 00000002 00000000 00000000 c1053b40 84002808 00000000 [...]
|GPR16: cfffd210 00000002 c0beafcc cfffc960 00000000 c1030644 [...]
|GPR24: c0beafbc c1037000 00000000 0000000a 00000000 c1030000 [...]
|NIP [c0566b40] phy_link_topo_add_phy+0x2c/0x1d0
|LR [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368
|Call Trace:
|[c1053b10] [c0811e04] klist_put+0x54/0xb4 (unreliable)
|[c1053b40] [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368
|[c1053b70] [c0564ae8] phy_connect_direct+0x2c/0x60
|[c1053b90] [c056c7a8] of_phy_connect+0x50/0x74
|[c1053bc0] [c0572a88] emac_probe+0xd50/0x119c
|[c1053c90] [c04cb770] platform_probe+0x74/0xa4
|[c1053cb0] [c04c8f08] really_probe+0x120/0x2b0
|[c1053cd0] [c04c9254] __driver_probe_device+0x1bc/0x1fc
|[c1053d00] [c04c9334] driver_probe_device+0x38/0xa8
|[c1053d30] [c04c9560] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x10c
|[c1053d50] [c04c6af8] bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0xd0
|[c1053d90] [c04c7c34] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x1ec
|[c1053dc0] [c04c9f6c] driver_register+0xcc/0x110
|[c1053de0] [c0aa3f40] emac_init+0x1c4/0x200
This bug showed up starting with v7.3-rc1. At the NIP in
phy_link_topo_add_phy() is a netdev_need_ops_lock() check.
This was added by the following
commit ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")
The bug shows up because at the time of_phy_connect() was called, the
netdev_ops were *not yet* determined. My fix is to move the code that
sets netdev_ops+commac.ops+ethtool_ops further up as emac_init_config()
derives that by looking at the device-tree and sets the required
dev->phy_mode accordingly.
During review, the Sashiko bot's AI stated that the commac assignment
became a dead store. Great catch! To keep the original behavior as-is,
one mentioned option "set dev->commac.ops = &emac_commac_ops only in
the non-gige case?" sounded like a great plan. So the dev->commac.ops
assignment for the non-gige-case moves into the else block.
This patch was tested on a WD MyBook Live (RGMII). the device now works again.
net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash
fixes the following crash on driver initialization:
|BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158
|Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40
|Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]
|BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform
|Modules linked in:
|CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 7.3.0-rc3+ #1
|Tainted: [W]=WARN
|Hardware name: MyBook Live APM821XX 0x12c41c83 PowerPC 44x Platform
|NIP: c0566b40 LR: c05648f8 CTR: c04c1e9c
|REGS: c1053a20 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: GW (7.3.0-rc3+)
|MSR: 0002b000 <CE,EE,FP,ME> CR: 24008808 XER: 00000000
|DEAR: 00000158 ESR: 00000000
|GPR00: c05648f8 c1053b10 c1063600 c1030000 c5ab3000 00000000 [...]
|GPR08: 00000002 00000000 00000000 c1053b40 84002808 00000000 [...]
|GPR16: cfffd210 00000002 c0beafcc cfffc960 00000000 c1030644 [...]
|GPR24: c0beafbc c1037000 00000000 0000000a 00000000 c1030000 [...]
|NIP [c0566b40] phy_link_topo_add_phy+0x2c/0x1d0
|LR [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368
|Call Trace:
|[c1053b10] [c0811e04] klist_put+0x54/0xb4 (unreliable)
|[c1053b40] [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368
|[c1053b70] [c0564ae8] phy_connect_direct+0x2c/0x60
|[c1053b90] [c056c7a8] of_phy_connect+0x50/0x74
|[c1053bc0] [c0572a88] emac_probe+0xd50/0x119c
|[c1053c90] [c04cb770] platform_probe+0x74/0xa4
|[c1053cb0] [c04c8f08] really_probe+0x120/0x2b0
|[c1053cd0] [c04c9254] __driver_probe_device+0x1bc/0x1fc
|[c1053d00] [c04c9334] driver_probe_device+0x38/0xa8
|[c1053d30] [c04c9560] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x10c
|[c1053d50] [c04c6af8] bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0xd0
|[c1053d90] [c04c7c34] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x1ec
|[c1053dc0] [c04c9f6c] driver_register+0xcc/0x110
|[c1053de0] [c0aa3f40] emac_init+0x1c4/0x200
This bug showed up starting with v7.3-rc1. At the NIP in
phy_link_topo_add_phy() is a netdev_need_ops_lock() check.
This was added by the following
commit ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion")
The bug shows up because at the time of_phy_connect() was called, the
netdev_ops were *not yet* determined. My fix is to move the code that
sets netdev_ops+commac.ops+ethtool_ops further up as emac_init_config()
derives that by looking at the device-tree and sets the required
dev->phy_mode accordingly.
During review, the Sashiko bot's AI stated that the commac assignment
became a dead store. Great catch! To keep the original behavior as-is,
one mentioned option "set dev->commac.ops = &emac_commac_ops only in
the non-gige case?" sounded like a great plan. So the dev->commac.ops
assignment for the non-gige-case moves into the else block.
This patch was tested on a WD MyBook Live (RGMII). the device now works again.
Published:
2026-10-23
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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash fixes the following crash on driver initialization: |BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000158 |Faulting instruction address: 0xc0566b40 |Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] |BE PAGE_SIZE=4K PowerPC 44x Platform |Modules linked in: |CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: GW 7.3.0-rc3+ #1 |Tainted: [W]=WARN |Hardware name: MyBook Live APM821XX 0x12c41c83 PowerPC 44x Platform |NIP: c0566b40 LR: c05648f8 CTR: c04c1e9c |REGS: c1053a20 TRAP: 0300 Tainted: GW (7.3.0-rc3+) |MSR: 0002b000 <CE,EE,FP,ME> CR: 24008808 XER: 00000000 |DEAR: 00000158 ESR: 00000000 |GPR00: c05648f8 c1053b10 c1063600 c1030000 c5ab3000 00000000 [...] |GPR08: 00000002 00000000 00000000 c1053b40 84002808 00000000 [...] |GPR16: cfffd210 00000002 c0beafcc cfffc960 00000000 c1030644 [...] |GPR24: c0beafbc c1037000 00000000 0000000a 00000000 c1030000 [...] |NIP [c0566b40] phy_link_topo_add_phy+0x2c/0x1d0 |LR [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |Call Trace: |[c1053b10] [c0811e04] klist_put+0x54/0xb4 (unreliable) |[c1053b40] [c05648f8] phy_attach_direct+0x1a4/0x368 |[c1053b70] [c0564ae8] phy_connect_direct+0x2c/0x60 |[c1053b90] [c056c7a8] of_phy_connect+0x50/0x74 |[c1053bc0] [c0572a88] emac_probe+0xd50/0x119c |[c1053c90] [c04cb770] platform_probe+0x74/0xa4 |[c1053cb0] [c04c8f08] really_probe+0x120/0x2b0 |[c1053cd0] [c04c9254] __driver_probe_device+0x1bc/0x1fc |[c1053d00] [c04c9334] driver_probe_device+0x38/0xa8 |[c1053d30] [c04c9560] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x10c |[c1053d50] [c04c6af8] bus_for_each_dev+0x68/0xd0 |[c1053d90] [c04c7c34] bus_add_driver+0xcc/0x1ec |[c1053dc0] [c04c9f6c] driver_register+0xcc/0x110 |[c1053de0] [c0aa3f40] emac_init+0x1c4/0x200 This bug showed up starting with v7.3-rc1. At the NIP in phy_link_topo_add_phy() is a netdev_need_ops_lock() check. This was added by the following commit ded86da4bbb7 ("net: ethtool: relax ethnl_req_get_phydev() locking assertion") The bug shows up because at the time of_phy_connect() was called, the netdev_ops were *not yet* determined. My fix is to move the code that sets netdev_ops+commac.ops+ethtool_ops further up as emac_init_config() derives that by looking at the device-tree and sets the required dev->phy_mode accordingly. During review, the Sashiko bot's AI stated that the commac assignment became a dead store. Great catch! To keep the original behavior as-is, one mentioned option "set dev->commac.ops = &emac_commac_ops only in the non-gige case?" sounded like a great plan. So the dev->commac.ops assignment for the non-gige-case moves into the else block. This patch was tested on a WD MyBook Live (RGMII). the device now works again. | |
| Title | net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-23T12:05:38.754Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.380Z
Link: CVE-2026-98922
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:12.840
Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:12.840
Link: CVE-2026-98922
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