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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-98594"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-10-18T15:19:06.696Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:22:19.792Z"
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-2026-98594"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98594.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98594"
title: "tg3: clean up PHYLIB resources on probe failure"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntg3: clean up PHYLIB resources on probe failure\n\ntg3_get_invariants() can register an MDIO bus and connect a PHY for\nUSE_PHYLIB devices. If tg3_init_one() later fails, its common error path\nreleases the mappings and netdev without undoing those PHYLIB resources.\n\nDisconnect the PHY and unregister the MDIO bus before the remaining\nteardown. Guard PHY cleanup with USE_PHYLIB to match tg3_phy_init(), and\ncall tg3_mdio_fini() unconditionally to match tg3_mdio_init(). The existing\nIS_CONNECTED and MDIOBUS_INITED flags make both helpers safe when\ninitialization only completed partially.\n\nThis issue was identified during our ongoing static-analysis research while\nreviewing kernel code."
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