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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
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"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97973"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97973.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97973"
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-\u003ephylink is valid there."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0112aa02c7847314be599d68783d50c7e228a694"},{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c1de1e7b51ab2531f564b39b51998c3d71caccd7"},{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"23b6a44ffea1c54a4232aa86ee470b21422a8cc5"},{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e92a45b872b035c79acde8dd0da096a72b61ff2f"},{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8558e3195664113c14a4d8fcf221b3caff41fed1"},{"version":"7897b071ac3b45a5788d084fc7f8a8ee9e5f07f0","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7d059f390750152b9bd69df934198651b94fc26d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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