{"id":"CVE-2026-99200","title":"net: hisilicon: hisi_femac: Move setting of netops to fix crash","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: hisilicon: hisi_femac: Move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nhisi_femac_drv_probe() connects the PHY before dev->netdev_ops is\nassigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < 06ef5b084b150c538bc84148e5d710eee012413c","Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < 444889dfa27b54b39026e962464b1f8f9093e1ea","Linux 7.2"],"published":"2026-10-28","updated":"2026-10-28","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-28T10:35:55.323Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99200","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06ef5b084b150c538bc84148e5d710eee012413c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/444889dfa27b54b39026e962464b1f8f9093e1ea"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-28T11:09:40.365Z","slug":"CVE-2026-99200","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: hisilicon: hisi_femac: Move setting of netops to fix crash\n\nhisi_femac_drv_probe() connects the PHY before dev->netdev_ops is\nassigned. phy_attach_direct() -> phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads\ndev->netdev_ops through netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in\nquestion, so probing crashes with a NULL pointer dereference when\nCONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.\n\n  phy_link_topo_add_phy from phy_attach_direct+0xec/0x37c\n  of_phy_get_and_connect from hisi_femac_drv_probe+0x1f4/0x558\n  Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x0000000b\n\nAssign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit\n7c9f391ec89c (\"net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash\").\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < 06ef5b084b150c538bc84148e5d710eee012413c`\n- `Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < 444889dfa27b54b39026e962464b1f8f9093e1ea`\n- `Linux 7.2`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}