{"id":"CVE-2026-72060","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"net: ethernet: ti: icssg: guard PA stat lookups","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: ti: icssg: guard PA stat lookups\n\nicssg_ndo_get_stats64() unconditionally calls emac_get_stat_by_name()\nwith FW PA stat names regardless of whether the PA stats block is\npresent on the hardware.  emac_get_stat_by_name() already guards the\nPA stats lookup with `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)`; when that pointer\nis NULL the lookup falls through to netdev_err() and returns -EINVAL.\nBecause ndo_get_stats64 is polled regularly by the networking stack\nthis produces thousands of log entries of the form:\n\n  icssg-prueth icssg1-eth end0: Invalid stats FW_RX_ERROR\n\nA secondary consequence is that the int(-EINVAL) return value is\nimplicitly widened to a near-ULLONG_MAX unsigned value when accumulated\ninto the __u64 fields of rtnl_link_stats64, silently corrupting the\nrx_errors, rx_dropped and tx_dropped counters reported by `ip -s link`.\n\nEvery other PA-aware code path in the driver is already guarded with\nthe same `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)` check.  Apply the same guard\nhere.","publishedAt":"2026-08-15T05:52:15.099Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-17T05:07:27.219Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"121c5f31c3fb70d4a23e8a084f5cb8b3ec63be8d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"b3763f7e22ecaa7ad79bf44bf41816d488edbcf8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"27b9daba50609335db6ca81e4cccf50ded21ec76","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121c5f31c3fb70d4a23e8a084f5cb8b3ec63be8d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3763f7e22ecaa7ad79bf44bf41816d488edbcf8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27b9daba50609335db6ca81e4cccf50ded21ec76"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:12:58.252Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72060.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-72060","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-08-15T05:52:15.099Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:07:27.219Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-08-09T03:40:39.903Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"net: ethernet: ti: icssg: guard PA stat lookups","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: ti: icssg: guard PA stat lookups\n\nicssg_ndo_get_stats64() unconditionally calls emac_get_stat_by_name()\nwith FW PA stat names regardless of whether the PA stats block is\npresent on the hardware.  emac_get_stat_by_name() already guards the\nPA stats lookup with `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)`; when that pointer\nis NULL the lookup falls through to netdev_err() and returns -EINVAL.\nBecause ndo_get_stats64 is polled regularly by the networking stack\nthis produces thousands of log entries of the form:\n\n  icssg-prueth icssg1-eth end0: Invalid stats FW_RX_ERROR\n\nA secondary consequence is that the int(-EINVAL) return value is\nimplicitly widened to a near-ULLONG_MAX unsigned value when accumulated\ninto the __u64 fields of rtnl_link_stats64, silently corrupting the\nrx_errors, rx_dropped and tx_dropped counters reported by `ip -s link`.\n\nEvery other PA-aware code path in the driver is already guarded with\nthe same `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)` check.  Apply the same guard\nhere."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"121c5f31c3fb70d4a23e8a084f5cb8b3ec63be8d","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"b3763f7e22ecaa7ad79bf44bf41816d488edbcf8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"0d15a26b247d25cd012134bf8825128fedb15cc9","status":"affected","lessThan":"27b9daba50609335db6ca81e4cccf50ded21ec76","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"6.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.40","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.1.5","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/ti/icssg/icssg_common.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121c5f31c3fb70d4a23e8a084f5cb8b3ec63be8d"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3763f7e22ecaa7ad79bf44bf41816d488edbcf8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27b9daba50609335db6ca81e4cccf50ded21ec76"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-08-17T05:07:27.219Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.40"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.1.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.16","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}