CVE-2026-90084 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove

Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode
does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before
destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba97ff4f873481d370bee7f7dfb87f8296af9be
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a139332ce81a907dac987f1494d30e0a8ab149
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef42c9e922dfa806576d9d82867da2f3cd76b3ca

History

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.
Title		octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba97ff4f873481d370bee7f7dfb87f8296af9be https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a139332ce81a907dac987f1494d30e0a8ab149 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef42c9e922dfa806576d9d82867da2f3cd76b3ca

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-17T16:06:00.839Z

Updated: 2026-09-17T16:06:00.839Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.785Z

Link: CVE-2026-90084

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-17T17:16:57.847

Modified: 2026-09-17T17:16:57.847

Link: CVE-2026-90084

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