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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been...

Unreviewed Published Sep 16, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 16, 2025

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: macb: fix unregister_netdev call order in macb_remove()

When removing a macb device, the driver calls phy_exit() before
unregister_netdev(). This leads to a WARN from kernfs:

------------[ cut here ]------------
kernfs: can not remove 'attached_dev', no directory
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27146 at fs/kernfs/dir.c:1683
Call trace:
kernfs_remove_by_name_ns+0xd8/0xf0
sysfs_remove_link+0x24/0x58
phy_detach+0x5c/0x168
phy_disconnect+0x4c/0x70
phylink_disconnect_phy+0x6c/0xc0 [phylink]
macb_close+0x6c/0x170 [macb]
...
macb_remove+0x60/0x168 [macb]
platform_remove+0x5c/0x80
...

The warning happens because the PHY is being exited while the netdev
is still registered. The correct order is to unregister the netdev
before shutting down the PHY and cleaning up the MDIO bus.

Fix this by moving unregister_netdev() ahead of phy_exit() in
macb_remove().

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 16, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 16, 2025
Last updated Sep 16, 2025

Severity

Unknown

EPSS score

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2025-39805

GHSA ID

GHSA-7fr9-7jpw-v2gm

Source code

No known source code

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