# net: macb: put the "mdio" child node reference on success

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97972`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97972`
- **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: `8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8 to before 5fba30080d298edb742396073372385c961578d3` (git)
  - affected: `8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8 to before 7d60dc7ff85b73a2119d582ca2d4456b30960380` (git)
  - affected: `8a6631f1cece09047fa44608d21d520ca65ce7d8 to before 382a373d9ea7a6ac4de9c022385b6217f65ae3cc` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.13`
  - unaffected: `before 6.13` (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 5th 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-2026-97972](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97972)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97972](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97972)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fba30080d298edb742396073372385c961578d3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d60dc7ff85b73a2119d582ca2d4456b30960380>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/382a373d9ea7a6ac4de9c022385b6217f65ae3cc>

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.

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

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