CVE-2026-53234: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibm: emac: Fix use-after-free during device removal The driver was using…

PriorityP342high7.8CVSS 3.1

AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.13%

3.1th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ibm: emac: Fix use-after-free during device removal The driver was using devm_register_netdev() which causes unregister_netdev() to be deferred until the devres cleanup phase, which runs after emac_remove() returns. This creates a use-after-free window where: 1. emac_remove() is called, which tears down hardware (cancels work, detaches modules, unregisters from MAL) 2. emac_remove() returns 3. devres cleanup runs and finally calls unregister_netdev() During step 3, the network stack might still process packets, triggering emac_irq(), emac_poll(), or other handlers that access now-freed hardware resources (dev->emacp, dev->mal, etc.). Fix this by replacing devm_register_netdev() with manual register_netdev() and calling unregister_netdev() at the beginning of emac_remove(), before any hardware teardown. This ensures the network device is fully stopped and unregistered before hardware resources are released. The change is safe because: - dev->ndev is assigned very early in probe (before any error paths that could bypass emac_remove) - platform_set_drvdata() is only called after successful registration, so emac_remove() only runs for fully registered devices - unregister_netdev() is idempotent and safe to call on any registered device

Affected

15 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
linux	linux	—	—
linux	linux	>= a4dd8535a527061a01f2fd335596fa77ca240a96 < cf8e14db93eaecc4c0c58299be3b3183b0e53ed5	cf8e14db93eaecc4c0c58299be3b3183b0e53ed5
linux	linux	>= a4dd8535a527061a01f2fd335596fa77ca240a96 < c09c2e236eef6f59e105f38a30f5439e6ccbcad7	c09c2e236eef6f59e105f38a30f5439e6ccbcad7
linux	linux	>= a4dd8535a527061a01f2fd335596fa77ca240a96 < c12584cd6078085d707266be864e7e1cc91d74e3	c12584cd6078085d707266be864e7e1cc91d74e3
linux	linux	>= a4dd8535a527061a01f2fd335596fa77ca240a96 < a0130d682222ae21afc395aead7cd2d87e1a8358	a0130d682222ae21afc395aead7cd2d87e1a8358
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	—	—
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.12 < 6.12.94	6.12.94
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13 < 6.18.36	6.18.36
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.19 < 7.0.13	7.0.13

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