{"id":"CVE-2026-53232","summary":"net: phy: clean the sfp upstream if phy probing fails","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: clean the sfp upstream if phy probing fails\n\nSashiko reported that we don't call sfp_bus_del_upstream() in the probe\nfailure path, so let's add it, otherwise the sfp-bus is left with a\ndangling 'upstream' field, that may be used later on during SFP events.\n\nThis issue existed before the generic phylib sfp support, back when\ndrivers were calling phy_sfp_probe themselves.","modified":"2026-07-09T03:51:54.560444605Z","published":"2026-06-25T08:39:30.527Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53232.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48774e87bbaa0056819d4b52301e4692e50e3252"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53232.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53232"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08"},{"fixed":"48774e87bbaa0056819d4b52301e4692e50e3252"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-53232.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}