CVE-2026-43219 PUBLISHED

net: cpsw_new: Fix potential unregister of netdev that has not been registered yet

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 01.05.2026 Published: 06.05.2026 Updated: 06.05.2026

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

net: cpsw_new: Fix potential unregister of netdev that has not been registered yet

If an error occurs during register_netdev() for the first MAC in cpsw_register_ports(), even though cpsw->slaves[0].ndev is set to NULL, cpsw->slaves[1].ndev would remain unchanged. This could later cause cpsw_unregister_ports() to attempt unregistering the second MAC. To address this, add a check for ndev->reg_state before calling unregister_netdev(). With this change, setting cpsw->slaves[i].ndev to NULL becomes unnecessary and can be removed accordingly.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ed3525eda4c4983fb8509e488de0a351788041ba to 29739ec197ed66535bc0b86f14ab66c5f4512138 (excl.)
  • affected from ed3525eda4c4983fb8509e488de0a351788041ba to 349c4cac6f54a81fc107589771f88136a2b20415 (excl.)
  • affected from ed3525eda4c4983fb8509e488de0a351788041ba to 9d724b34fbe13b71865ad0906a4be97571f19cf5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.5 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.5 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.16 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.19.6 to 6.19.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0 to * (incl.)

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