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CVE-2026-98913

net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe() cavium_ptp_get() acquires a reference to the PTP PCI device through pci_get_device(). If any initialization step fails after cavium_ptp_get(), the PTP PCI device reference is leaked. Add a common error path to release the PTP reference before returning from probe failures.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to < 3a2eedb172e777f2c8608395eec42250fb355daeaffected
  • 4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to < c8bc44a1d86d5b432ec7f5a6f30b4e719a047374affected
  • 4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to < df3d586ecc580623edadec71a6ffdf4c79e2a8e8affected
  • 4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to < 916d74343cd60ef7c3d433bd417d26ba31642c09affected
  • 4a8755096466d1002236ac7293eae821b6de87ba to < 2bcf59eefb9f00a2b1d426b639ee49c305a80695affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.16affected
  • 0 to < 4.16unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.111 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.53 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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