CVE-2026-98913
net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe()
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: thunderx: fix PTP device ref leak in nicvf_probe() cavium_ptp_get() acquires a reference to the PTP PCI device through pci_get_device(). If any initialization step fails after cavium_ptp_get(), the PTP PCI device reference is leaked. Add a common error path to release the PTP reference before returning from probe failures.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Oct 23, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3a2eedb172e777f2c8608395eec42250fb355dae 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c8bc44a1d86d5b432ec7f5a6f30b4e719a047374 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < df3d586ecc580623edadec71a6ffdf4c79e2a8e8 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 916d74343cd60ef7c3d433bd417d26ba31642c09 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 2bcf59eefb9f00a2b1d426b639ee49c305a80695 0 < 6.1.189 0 < 6.6.158 0 < 6.12.111 0 < 6.18.53
Linux / Linux
All versions affected References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a2eedb172e777f2c8608395eec42250fb355dae git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8bc44a1d86d5b432ec7f5a6f30b4e719a047374 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df3d586ecc580623edadec71a6ffdf4c79e2a8e8 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/916d74343cd60ef7c3d433bd417d26ba31642c09 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcf59eefb9f00a2b1d426b639ee49c305a80695