{"id":"CVE-2026-53234","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-53234","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:21:42.229Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibm: emac: Fix use-after-free during device removal The driver was using devm_register_netdev() which causes unregister_netdev() to be deferred until the devres cleanup phase,…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ibm: emac: Fix use-after-free during device removal\n\nThe driver was using devm_register_netdev() which causes unregister_netdev()\nto be deferred until the devres cleanup phase, which runs after emac_remove()\nreturns. This creates a use-after-free window where:\n\n1. emac_remove() is called, which tears down hardware (cancels work, detaches\n   modules, unregisters from MAL)\n2. emac_remove() returns\n3. devres cleanup runs and finally calls unregister_netdev()\n\nDuring step 3, the network stack might still process packets, triggering\nemac_irq(), emac_poll(), or other handlers that access now-freed hardware\nresources (dev->emacp, dev->mal, etc.).\n\nFix this by replacing devm_register_netdev() with manual register_netdev()\nand calling unregister_netdev() at the beginning of emac_remove(), before\nany hardware teardown. This ensures the network device is fully stopped and\nunregistered before hardware resources are released.\n\nThe change is safe because:\n- dev->ndev is assigned very early in probe (before any error paths that\n  could bypass emac_remove)\n- platform_set_drvdata() is only called after successful registration, so\n  emac_remove() only runs for fully registered devices\n- unregister_netdev() is idempotent and safe to call on any registered device","published":"2026-06-25T09:16:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-07-08T19:02:06.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00179,"percentile":0.07382,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0130d682222ae21afc395aead7cd2d87e1a8358","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c09c2e236eef6f59e105f38a30f5439e6ccbcad7","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c12584cd6078085d707266be864e7e1cc91d74e3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf8e14db93eaecc4c0c58299be3b3183b0e53ed5","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53234","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."}