Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published May 6, 2026· Updated Jul 4, 2026
CVE-2026-43219
CVE-2026-43219
Description
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.
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Affected products
5- osv-coords3 versions
>= 5.5.0, < 5.10.260+ 2 more
- (no CPE)range: >= 5.5.0, < 5.10.260
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.85-r3
- (no CPE)range: < 6.12.85-r2
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/29739ec197ed66535bc0b86f14ab66c5f4512138nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/349c4cac6f54a81fc107589771f88136a2b20415nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d724b34fbe13b71865ad0906a4be97571f19cf5nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/14645799ad5253a028cf662e2f9cd18a68f74b31nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/23acc565186ee27e788408cbd81b92730b6aaa3anvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67cca9df4d17f2c824655d31195b2e75334ae286nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d31a12cee10bbc12b4b523a4709fd1fdee8b7d0fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da8e1623a3028e1d8c75eec7898d94c6f17dce40nvd
News mentions
1- Patch Tuesday - May 2026Rapid7 Blog · May 13, 2026