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  - net: ibm: emac: Fix use-after-free during device removal The driver was using devm_register_netdev() which     causes unregister_netdev() to be deferred until the devres cleanup phase, which runs after emac_remove()     returns. This creates a use-after-free window where: 1. emac_remove() is called, which tears down hardware     (cancels work, detaches modules, unregisters from MAL) 2. emac_remove() returns 3. devres cleanup runs and     finally calls unregister_netdev() During step 3, the network stack might still process packets, triggering     emac_irq(), emac_poll(), or other handlers that access now-freed hardware resources (dev->emacp, dev->mal,     etc.). Fix this by replacing devm_register_netdev() with manual register_netdev() and calling     unregister_netdev() at the beginning of emac_remove(), before any hardware teardown. This ensures the     network device is fully stopped and unregistered before hardware resources are released. The change is     safe because: - dev->ndev is assigned very early in probe (before any error paths that could bypass     emac_remove) - platform_set_drvdata() is only called after successful registration, so emac_remove() only     runs for fully registered devices - unregister_netdev() is idempotent and safe to call on any registered     device (CVE-2026-53234)

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Version 1.6 Jul 13, 2026, 1:10 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") Plugin Feed: 202607131310
Version 1.5 Jul 10, 2026, 10:18 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.6) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C") Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202607101018
Version 1.4 Jul 9, 2026, 6:27 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 6.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" set to 7.8) CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 vector" set to "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H") CVSSv3 severity (based on None, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202607091827
Version 1.3 Jul 2, 2026, 3:38 PM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin Feed: 202607021538
Version 1.2 Jun 30, 2026, 11:58 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202606301158
Version 1.1 Jun 28, 2026, 2:21 PM New Plugin Feed: 202606281421