CVE-2026-63998

CVE-2026-63998

Medium · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
1.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors

When validate() fails we are skipping over ethnl_ops_complete()

even tho we already called ethnl_ops_begin().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00122 · 1.8th percentile
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
Affected products (7)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.18.356.18.35
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.127.0.12
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
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References (4)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/170d82a57f4be1ce83de823a93bafd218a0d5fb1 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e96ef1a40dda5b637b1911cd950b11e9848de939 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:56Z
    ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors
    cvelistv5