CVE-2026-46287

net: txgbe: fix RTNL assertion warning when remove module

published June 8, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

remove. It caused an RTNL assertion warning in phylink_disconnect_phy()

upon module remove.

To fix this, add rtnl_lock() and rtnl_unlock() around the

phylink_disconnect_phy() in remove function.

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RTNL: assertion failed at drivers/net/phy/phylink.c (2351)

WARNING: drivers/net/phy/phylink.c:2351 at

phylink_disconnect_phy+0xd8/0xf0 [phylink], CPU#0: rmmod/4464

Modules linked in: ...

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 4464 Comm: rmmod Kdump: loaded Not tainted 7.0.0-rc4+

Hardware name: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. MS-7E16/X670E GAMING

PLUS WIFI (MS-7E16), BIOS 1.90 12/31/2024

RIP: 0010:phylink_disconnect_phy+0xe4/0xf0 [phylink]

Code: 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d 31 c0 31 d2 31 f6 31 ff e9 3a 38 8f e7

48 8d 3d 48 87 e2 ff ba 2f 09 00 00 48 c7 c6 c1 22 24 c0 <67> 48 0f b9 3a

e9 34 ff ff ff 66 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90

RSP: 0018:ffffce7288363ac0 EFLAGS: 00010246

RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff89654b2a1a00 RCX: 0000000000000000

RDX: 000000000000092f RSI: ffffffffc02422c1 RDI: ffffffffc0239020

RBP: ffffce7288363ae8 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000

R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff8964c4022000

R13: ffff89654fce3028 R14: ffff89654ebb4000 R15: ffffffffc0226348

FS: 0000795e80d93780(0000) GS:ffff896c52857000(0000)

knlGS:0000000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: 00005b528b592000 CR3: 0000000170d0f000 CR4: 0000000000f50ef0

PKRU: 55555554

Call Trace:

<TASK>

txgbe_remove_phy+0xbb/0xd0 [txgbe]

txgbe_remove+0x4c/0xb0 [txgbe]

pci_device_remove+0x41/0xb0

device_remove+0x43/0x80

device_release_driver_internal+0x206/0x270

driver_detach+0x4a/0xa0

bus_remove_driver+0x83/0x120

driver_unregister+0x2f/0x60

pci_unregister_driver+0x40/0x90

txgbe_driver_exit+0x10/0x850 [txgbe]

__do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x1c3/0x2f0

__x64_sys_delete_module+0x12/0x20

x64_sys_call+0x20c3/0x2390

do_syscall_64+0x11c/0x1500

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? do_syscall_64+0x15a/0x1500

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? do_fault+0x312/0x580

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? __handle_mm_fault+0x9d5/0x1040

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? count_memcg_events+0x101/0x1d0

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? handle_mm_fault+0x1e8/0x2f0

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? do_user_addr_fault+0x2f8/0x820

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? irqentry_exit+0xb2/0x600

? srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5

? exc_page_fault+0x92/0x1c0

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00162 · 5.0th percentile
Published
2026-06-08T15:41Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 JUN 15:41Z
    net: txgbe: fix RTNL assertion warning when remove module
    cvelistv5