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.
Advisories
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History

Sat, 22 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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threat_severity

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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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.
Title net: sungem: fix probe error cleanup
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T05:43:46.309Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.926Z

Link: CVE-2026-72406

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:14.177

Modified: 2026-08-17T06:19:07.287

Link: CVE-2026-72406

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-08-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-72406 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-22T07:00:07Z

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