{"cve":"CVE-2026-72060","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:21:15.530","modified":"2026-08-17T06:18:04.373","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ethernet: ti: icssg: guard PA stat lookups\n\nicssg_ndo_get_stats64() unconditionally calls emac_get_stat_by_name()\nwith FW PA stat names regardless of whether the PA stats block is\npresent on the hardware.  emac_get_stat_by_name() already guards the\nPA stats lookup with `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)`; when that pointer\nis NULL the lookup falls through to netdev_err() and returns -EINVAL.\nBecause ndo_get_stats64 is polled regularly by the networking stack\nthis produces thousands of log entries of the form:\n\n  icssg-prueth icssg1-eth end0: Invalid stats FW_RX_ERROR\n\nA secondary consequence is that the int(-EINVAL) return value is\nimplicitly widened to a near-ULLONG_MAX unsigned value when accumulated\ninto the __u64 fields of rtnl_link_stats64, silently corrupting the\nrx_errors, rx_dropped and tx_dropped counters reported by `ip -s link`.\n\nEvery other PA-aware code path in the driver is already guarded with\nthe same `if (emac->prueth->pa_stats)` check.  Apply the same guard\nhere.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/121c5f31c3fb70d4a23e8a084f5cb8b3ec63be8d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27b9daba50609335db6ca81e4cccf50ded21ec76","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3763f7e22ecaa7ad79bf44bf41816d488edbcf8"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:48:17.459049833+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72060","score":0.00206,"percentile":0.10749,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}