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Medium 5.5Published Jul 19, 2026
CVE-2026-63998In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors When validate() fails we are skipping over ethnl_ops_complete() e…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors When validate() fails we are skipping over ethnl_ops_complete() even tho we already called ethnl_ops_begin().
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.11 before 6.18.35; from 6.19 before 7.0.12; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1 | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e96ef1a40dda5b637b1911cd950b11e9848de939patch
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