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    "id": "CVE-2026-97973",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97973",
    "idYear": 2026,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2026-09-25T10:23:12.759Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-19T09:11:39.063Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z",
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      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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      "title": "net: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macb: destroy the phylink instance on the probe error path\n\nmacb_mii_init() creates a phylink instance on both of its success paths,\nbut the probe unwind frees the netdev without destroying it, so a failing\nmacb_alloc_tieoff() or register_netdev() leaks the instance.\n\nDestroy it at err_out_unregister_mdio, which is only reachable once\nmacb_mii_init() has succeeded, so bp->phylink is valid there.",
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