Unscored CVE-2026-72058 EUVD-2026-59016GHSA-c9wj-7pm2-vx6f

net: ixp4xx_hss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation

Published Aug 15, 2026 · Updated Aug 23, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.14 Package: linux-aws-6.17 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-7.0 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.14 Package: linux-azure-6.17 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-7.0 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.14 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.17 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fde-7.0 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.14 Package: linux-gcp-6.17 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-7.0 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.14 Package: linux-hwe-6.17 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-7.0 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.17 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-7.0 Package: linux-nvidia-bos Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.17 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oem-7.0 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.17 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-7.0 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.17 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.17 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-riscv-7.0 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

net: ixp4xx_hss: fix duplicate HDLC netdev allocation

ixp4xx_hss_probe() allocates two HDLC netdevs. The first one is stored
in ndev, initialized, and registered with register_hdlc_device(). The
second one is stored in port->netdev and later used by the remove path
for unregister_hdlc_device() and free_netdev().

This means that the registered netdev is not the same object that is
unregistered and freed on remove. It also leaks the first allocation if
the second alloc_hdlcdev() call fails, and the first allocation is not
checked before ndev is used.

Older code allocated the HDLC netdev only once and stored the same object
in both the local variable and port->netdev. The buggy conversion split
this into two alloc_hdlcdev() calls. A later rename changed the local
variable name to ndev, but the underlying mismatch remained.

Fix this by allocating the HDLC netdev only once and assigning the same
object to port->netdev.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected	Fixed
Linux	Linux	5.14	5.15.217

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

Debian

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian 14	linux	7.1.5-1	—
Debian 13	linux	6.12.100-1	—
Debian 12	linux	6.1.180-1	—

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS	linux-bluefield	6.8.0-1033.38	—
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS	linux-bluefield	5.15.0-1103.105	—
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux	7.0.0-38.38	USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-aws +1	7.0.0-1014.14	USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-azure	7.0.0-1017.17	USN-8888-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde	7.0.0-1016.16	USN-8888-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-gke	7.0.0-1008.9	USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-ibm +1	7.0.0-1015.15	USN-8889-1, USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-nvidia	7.0.0-1025.26	USN-9043-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-bos	7.0.0-2022.23	USN-9003-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-oracle	7.0.0-1013.13	USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-raspi	7.0.0-1023.23	USN-9021-1
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS	linux-riscv +1	7.0.0-38.38.1	USN-8887-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux	6.8.0-147.147	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-aws +1	6.8.0-1067.70	USN-9024-1, USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-aws-7.0 +1	7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1	USN-8887-3, USN-8887-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-azure-7.0	7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1	USN-8888-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde	6.8.0-1069.76	USN-8918-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde-7.0	7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1	USN-8888-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-gcp +1	6.8.0-1071.79	USN-8918-1, USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-gke	6.8.0-1066.74	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-gkeop	6.8.0-1052.56	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-hwe-7.0	7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4	USN-8887-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-ibm	6.8.0-1067.68	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-lowlatency	6.8.0-147.147.1	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-7.0	7.0.0-1024.25~24.04.1	USN-9003-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-lowlatency	6.8.0-1067.70.1	USN-9040-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-oracle	6.8.0-1064.67	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-oracle-7.0	7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1	USN-8887-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-raspi	6.8.0-1068.72	USN-9025-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-riscv +30	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-riscv-7.0	7.0.0-38.38.1~24.04.1	—
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS	linux-vmware	6.8.0-1008.8	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux	5.15.0-202.212	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-aws	5.15.0-1119.126	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-aws-6.8	6.8.0-1069.74~22.04.1	USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure	5.15.0-1125.134	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-6.8	6.8.0-1073.82~22.04.1	USN-9026-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde	5.15.0-1124.133	—
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde-6.8	6.8.0-1071.78~22.04.1	USN-9026-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gcp	5.15.0-1120.130	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gcp-6.8	6.8.0-1073.81~22.04.1	USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gke	5.15.0-1115.121	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-gkeop	5.15.0-1102.110	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-hwe-6.8	6.8.0-149.149~22.04.1	USN-9066-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-ibm	5.15.0-1113.117	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-ibm-6.8	6.8.0-1069.70~22.04.1	USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-intel-iotg	5.15.0-1114.120	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-kvm	5.15.0-1111.116	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-lowlatency	5.15.0-197.207	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8	6.8.0-149.149.1~22.04.1	USN-9024-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-nvidia	5.15.0-1114.115	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-tegra	5.15.0-1070.72	USN-8963-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-tegra-igx	5.15.0-1059.59	USN-8963-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-oracle	5.15.0-1116.122	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-oracle-6.8	6.8.0-1067.71~22.04.1	USN-9025-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-raspi	5.15.0-1113.116	USN-9029-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS	linux-riscv +34	No fix yet	—

Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)

Release	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS	linux-gke +28	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS	linux-gcp +14	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS	linux-hwe-edge	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS	linux-raspi-realtime	6.8.0-2056.58	USN-9025-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS	linux-realtime	6.8.1-1062.63	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS	linux-realtime-6.14 +1	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS	linux-intel-iot-realtime	5.15.0-1111.115	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS	linux-realtime	5.15.0-1118.127	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS	linux-realtime-6.8	6.8.1-1064.65~22.04.1	USN-9024-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS	linux-aws-fips	6.8.0-1067.70+fips1	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS	linux-fips	6.8.0-147.147+fips1	USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS	linux-gcp-fips +1	6.8.0-1071.79+fips1	USN-8918-1, USN-8917-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS	linux-aws-fips	5.15.0-1119.126+fips1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS	linux-azure-fips	5.15.0-1125.134+fips1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS	linux-fips	5.15.0-202.212+fips1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS	linux-gcp-fips	5.15.0-1120.130+fips1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS	linux-fips +3	No fix yet	—
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-aws-5.15	5.15.0-1119.126~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-azure-5.15	5.15.0-1125.134~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-azure-fde-5.15	5.15.0-1124.133~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-gcp-5.15	5.15.0-1120.130~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-hwe-5.15	5.15.0-202.212~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-ibm-5.15	5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-intel-iotg-5.15	5.15.0-1114.120~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15	5.15.0-197.207~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15	5.15.0-1070.72~20.04.1	USN-8963-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-oracle-5.15	5.15.0-1116.122~20.04.1	USN-8961-1
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS	linux-riscv-5.15	5.15.0-1113.117~20.04.2	—

Advisories 20

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USN-9026-1 linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-fde-6.8 vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) · Nov 12, 2026
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