CVE-2026-63998 (GCVE-0-2026-63998)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 14:56 – Updated: 2026-07-19 14:56
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors
Summary
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().
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e , < d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108
(git)
Affected: 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e , < e96ef1a40dda5b637b1911cd950b11e9848de939 (git) Affected: 32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e , < 84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.11
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.11 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.35 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.12 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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