CVE-2026-97973

Name	CVE-2026-97973
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path macb_mii_init() creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths, but the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing macb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() leaks the instance. Destroy it at err_out_unregister_mdio, which is only reachable once macb_mii_init() has succeeded, so bp->phylink is valid there.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4817-1, DSA-6528-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bookworm	6.1.176-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.187-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.107-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.111-1	fixed
	forky	7.2.9-1	fixed
	sid	7.2.10-1	fixed
linux-6.12 (PTS)	bookworm (security)	6.12.111-1~deb12u1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	trixie	6.12.111-1	DSA-6528-1
linux	source	(unstable)	7.2.7-1
linux-6.12	source	bookworm	6.12.111-1~deb12u1	DLA-4817-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/7d059f390750152b9bd69df934198651b94fc26d (7.3-rc3)