CVE-2026-72406

net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: October 16, 2026 at 07:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup gem_init_one() calls gem_remove_one() when register_netdev() fails. gem_remove_one() unregisters and frees resources owned by the net_device, including the DMA block, MMIO mapping, PCI regions, and the net_device itself. gem_init_one() then falls through to its own cleanup labels and frees the same resources again. Keep the register_netdev() error path in gem_init_one(): clear drvdata so PM/remove paths do not see a half-registered device, remove the NAPI instance added during probe, and let the existing cleanup labels release the resources once. The issue was found by a local static-analysis checker for probe error paths. The reported path was manually inspected before sending this fix. Compile-tested with CONFIG_SUNGEM=y. Runtime testing was not performed because no sungem hardware is available.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 331c99029a1cee1111f82f63d15b3cdebefbd341 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 36dea2f639249460d13f6ca66b2a9064187cd34d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a63eaf7605d1579cf3f551792e478cfaf5ac37d1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b15a3cc68e2450aa0edd94a74a7bdd45fcc17dd9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in bc49e8746584564dba47d963d1916cc876fc6f6b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f1d04fefb0c2a2de32d9cee22cdc2088be3758d1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f3bd60b26814b7c3c57c629abb0857dfc76d214a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fb73cdc50b6755e5c3a80a195b2708a39ada0230 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.97 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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