CVE-2026-63998

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors When validate() fails we are skipping over ethnl_ops_complete() even tho we already called ethnl_ops_begin().

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 1% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-07-19

Modified

2026-10-21

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-22

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/170d82a57f4be1ce83de823a93bafd218a0d5fb1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e96ef1a40dda5b637b1911cd950b11e9848de939

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