# net: stmmac: initialize ptp_lock at probe time

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97963`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97963`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:23 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before ee33e424d4932c70f103b94a46b685923f236f65` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before 7ced87834f3a58761d4bbcabf8326478548e6a54` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before 79fb5bcc50996964e076dffbdc24b7d2c06bd957` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before 420315413b29635de1d4ea4142e410e6465260f3` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before 25cc0096efba83b4e0e6fa50f03e9543b41e9d3d` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before b1986595cf827c38ff929e22fbc9ca8f76379306` (git)
  - affected: `b60189e0392fa06348911077ef281eb2b1047b6a to before 0338c68e22abd2ee509ec2e32508a50896618c32` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.6`
  - unaffected: `before 5.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97963](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97963)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97963](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97963)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee33e424d4932c70f103b94a46b685923f236f65>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ced87834f3a58761d4bbcabf8326478548e6a54>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79fb5bcc50996964e076dffbdc24b7d2c06bd957>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/420315413b29635de1d4ea4142e410e6465260f3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25cc0096efba83b4e0e6fa50f03e9543b41e9d3d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1986595cf827c38ff929e22fbc9ca8f76379306>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0338c68e22abd2ee509ec2e32508a50896618c32>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

## Check whether this affects you

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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