VulnerabilityPublished 28 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-99199: Linux kernel · net: hisilicon: hip04_eth: Move setting of netops to fix crash

Source GCVE Database

Authoritative record:CVE-2026-99199

Not known to be exploited : upgrade to 1c2f9c3a63baabfb965a23a00f026f3ddcaadb24 or 0d9342701f14ec0a9465772b7cd5d515c1ecd818 when convenient.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 13:30 UTC

Severity

Medium

Rated Medium by Threat Radar's AI analysis · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Patch: Available – fixed in 1c2f9c3a63baabfb965a23a00f026f3ddcaadb24, 0d9342701f14ec0a9465772b7cd5d515c1ecd818

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

ghsa-7mm4-g6qh-3j8p

What to do

Upgrade Linux kernel to 1c2f9c3a63baabfb965a23a00f026f3ddcaadb24 or 0d9342701f14ec0a9465772b7cd5d515c1ecd818.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca, < 1c2f9c3a63baabfb965a23a00f026f3ddcaadb24	Fixed in 1c2f9c3a63baabfb965a23a00f026f3ddcaadb24
LinuxLinux	Affected ≥ ded86da4bbb78cad74cecc368fee3ae3a296e2ca, < 0d9342701f14ec0a9465772b7cd5d515c1ecd818	Fixed in 0d9342701f14ec0a9465772b7cd5d515c1ecd818
LinuxLinux	Affected =7.2	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

A fix has been implemented by moving the assignment of netdev_ops before the PHY attach call in the driver code. Users should apply the updated Linux kernel patches that include this fix. No additional mitigation steps are indicated.

Description

A vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Hisilicon hip04 Ethernet driver caused a crash due to a NULL pointer dereference when CONFIG_NET_SHAPER is enabled. The issue arises because netdev_ops is not assigned before a PHY attach call, leading to a crash during probing. This has been fixed by moving the assignment of netdev_ops before the PHY attach, following a similar fix applied to the emac driver.

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