CVE-2026-90084 (GCVE-0-2026-90084)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-09-17 16:06
Modified
2026-10-30 12:34
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove Initialize the VF workqueue before register_netdev() so ndo_set_rx_mode does not queue work on a NULL workqueue. Unregister the netdev before destroying the workqueue, and add proper probe error cleanup.
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Linux Linux Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
Version: cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9
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