# tg3: clean up PHYLIB resources on probe failure

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98594`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98594`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:19 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: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before ce86d6929d03e6b0abcb781dfa50f9f0816bff78` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before a449eedb3b1eb5b8b1f5ed116a1bfe85eaaf81df` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before 0844402326d4e48a28688f93ec6442e93bb442fa` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before e766321288b507afb70d2bfef6ba443213329f79` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before d2abb0013b933d59ee441185df0eca9e8c0b33eb` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before 6515c41503eef849abd2c7364f34e4bb25110f90` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before b6c0c757c65893ad7bb17e8bcf33cdd8257d7b3d` (git)
  - affected: `158d7abdae85e9ac43d99780c372d79c119f7626 to before a92e1a412c53dc0d9ad639e7abf8b3fc70a5b6ad` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.27`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.27` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (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: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98594](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98594)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98594](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98594)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce86d6929d03e6b0abcb781dfa50f9f0816bff78>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a449eedb3b1eb5b8b1f5ed116a1bfe85eaaf81df>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0844402326d4e48a28688f93ec6442e93bb442fa>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e766321288b507afb70d2bfef6ba443213329f79>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2abb0013b933d59ee441185df0eca9e8c0b33eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6515c41503eef849abd2c7364f34e4bb25110f90>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c0c757c65893ad7bb17e8bcf33cdd8257d7b3d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a92e1a412c53dc0d9ad639e7abf8b3fc70a5b6ad>

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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