---
id: CVE-2026-99195
title: 'net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash

  ethoc_probe() calls ethoc_mdio_probe(), which connects the PHY,
  before netdev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direc…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca <
    c51b13299b4d45226efb09e532fb33e7109f78d7
  - >-
    Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca <
    c9f8ce62a5faa73515ff5457716bd7306d20fd93
  - Linux 7.2
published: '2026-10-28'
updated: '2026-10-28'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-28T10:35:51.485Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99195'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c51b13299b4d45226efb09e532fb33e7109f78d7'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9f8ce62a5faa73515ff5457716bd7306d20fd93'
tags:
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-10-28T11:09:40.371Z'
---

## Overview

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

net: ethoc: move setting of netops to fix crash

ethoc_probe() calls ethoc_mdio_probe(), which connects the PHY,
before netdev->netdev_ops is assigned. phy_attach_direct() ->
phy_link_topo_add_phy() reads dev->netdev_ops through
netdev_need_ops_lock() since the commit in question, so probing crashes
with a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled.

Assign netdev_ops before the PHY attach, as was done for emac in commit
7c9f391ec89c ("net: emac: move setting of netops to fix crash").

## Affected

- `Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < c51b13299b4d45226efb09e532fb33e7109f78d7`
- `Linux >= ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca < c9f8ce62a5faa73515ff5457716bd7306d20fd93`
- `Linux 7.2`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.