Improper Initialization in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64125
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138507
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64125
CWE-ID: CWE-665
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper hardware state management in bcmgenet_eee_enable_set in the Broadcom GENET network driver when enabling energy-efficient ethernet settings. A local user can enable the affected settings to cause a denial of service.
On affected systems, RX traffic can stop flowing while the link remains up, and on some boards the resulting corruption can lead to a paging fault in skb_release_data via bcmgenet_rx_poll on an LPI exit.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64125
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2040eb83f6ada148fb32dd98b943a498005d79f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/289499907399c5a9f2ed82cb34df49112bb8488f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4ef05266ab16d8ef7dd21658a557801eb78704
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49bdf6bbb21b9c6e3f4d0c1910bf0ef98424be95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a1730245e416d11ad5c0f2c100061d61cc43f60
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a212fc08f5c48a16a94092bf0a9a8b7cf4483b11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b579f3a73da7a7e74213558f4cc3d865c30aaa78
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2782ddac82c70df313012da5f71f1f06b5553ca