High severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53232
net: phy: clean the sfp upstream if phy probing fails
8.8
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: phy: clean the sfp upstream if phy probing fails
Sashiko reported that we don't call sfp_bus_del_upstream() in the probe
failure path, so let's add it, otherwise the sfp-bus is left with a
dangling 'upstream' field, that may be used later on during SFP events.
This issue existed before the generic phylib sfp support, back when
drivers were calling phy_sfp_probe themselves.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
5.5 before 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; +2 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08 before 12fb84dc4dc8eb47ebe2b27f7de6255a4a205e1b; 298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08 before 9326b654f90a09eadeb796c82801a5609d57f0c8; 298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08 before 3a254779c169954fe23328a1db51f67be374f913; 298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08 before 0b27701ce93161d7bbf4b25fa20ca59963b0e20c; 298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08 before 48774e87bbaa0056819d4b52301e4692e50e3252; 5.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53232
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53232
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b27701ce93161d7bbf4b25fa20ca59963b0e20c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12fb84dc4dc8eb47ebe2b27f7de6255a4a205e1b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a254779c169954fe23328a1db51f67be374f913
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48774e87bbaa0056819d4b52301e4692e50e3252
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9326b654f90a09eadeb796c82801a5609d57f0c8
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