{"id":"CVE-2026-46287","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-46287","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:10:12.102Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: txgbe: fix RTNL assertion warning when remove module For the copper NIC with external PHY, the driver called phylink_connect_phy() during probe and phylink_disconnect_phy() during…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: txgbe: fix RTNL assertion warning when remove module\n\nFor the copper NIC with external PHY, the driver called\nphylink_connect_phy() during probe and phylink_disconnect_phy() during\nremove. It caused an RTNL assertion warning in phylink_disconnect_phy()\nupon module remove.\n\nTo fix this, add rtnl_lock() and rtnl_unlock() around the\nphylink_disconnect_phy() in remove function.\n\n ------------[ cut here ]------------\n RTNL: assertion failed at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c (2351)\n WARNING: drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:2351 at\nphylink_disconnect_phy+0xd8/0xf0 [phylink], CPU#0: rmmod/4464\n Modules linked in: ...\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4464 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4+\n Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E16/X670E GAMING\nPLUS WIFI (MS-7E16), BIOS 1.90 12/31/2024\n RIP: 0010:phylink_disconnect_phy+0xe4/0xf0 [phylink]\n Code: 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 31 d2 31 f6 31 ff e9 3a 38 8f e7\n48 8d 3d 48 87 e2 ff ba 2f 09 00 00 48 c7 c6 c1 22 24 c0 <67> 48 0f b9 3a\ne9 34 ff ff ff 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90\n RSP: 0018:ffffce7288363ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff89654b2a1a00 RCX: 0000000000000000\n RDX: 000000000000092f RSI: ffffffffc02422c1 RDI: ffffffffc0239020\n RBP: ffffce7288363ae8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\n R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8964c4022000\n R13: ffff89654fce3028 R14: ffff89654ebb4000 R15: ffffffffc0226348\n FS:  0000795e80d93780(0000) GS:ffff896c52857000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 00005b528b592000 CR3: 0000000170d0f000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0\n PKRU: 55555554\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  txgbe_remove_phy+0xbb/0xd0 [txgbe]\n  txgbe_remove+0x4c/0xb0 [txgbe]\n  pci_device_remove+0x41/0xb0\n  device_remove+0x43/0x80\n  device_release_driver_internal+0x206/0x270\n  driver_detach+0x4a/0xa0\n  bus_remove_driver+0x83/0x120\n  driver_unregister+0x2f/0x60\n  pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90\n  txgbe_driver_exit+0x10/0x850 [txgbe]\n  __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x1c3/0x2f0\n  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x12/0x20\n  x64_sys_call+0x20c3/0x2390\n  do_syscall_64+0x11c/0x1500\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? do_syscall_64+0x15a/0x1500\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? do_fault+0x312/0x580\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? __handle_mm_fault+0x9d5/0x1040\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? count_memcg_events+0x101/0x1d0\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? handle_mm_fault+0x1e8/0x2f0\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? do_user_addr_fault+0x2f8/0x820\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? irqentry_exit+0xb2/0x600\n  ? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5\n  ? exc_page_fault+0x92/0x1c0\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e","published":"2026-06-08T17:16:47.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-25T11:10:00.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-617"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00122,"percentile":0.01963,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.12%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0305e7118451c7c363c18f8113b0d8e0077ffa4c","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e223a7fd41ce6fffdb10577df9350385262bf33","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c5ec52c68a6a442c8a159615ae092512562318a","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d29cafc7e4ee9e28a150ba17e9a565ec5d881fbc","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e159f05e12cc1111a3103b99375ddf0dfd0e7d63","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46287","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}