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  "affected": [
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              "introduced": "32b4c8b53ee7799e34a2b1634d32d3ce1e36c44e"
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              "fixed": "d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108"
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            {
              "fixed": "84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5"
            }
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          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
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    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "6.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "6.18.35"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        },
        {
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              "introduced": "6.19.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "7.0.12"
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          ],
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      ]
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  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63998.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors\n\nWhen validate() fails we are skipping over ethnl_ops_complete()\neven tho we already called ethnl_ops_begin().",
  "id": "CVE-2026-63998",
  "modified": "2026-08-12T03:51:22.621345003Z",
  "published": "2026-07-19T14:56:16.664Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84371fb58423f997939aacdcbc02d128d76a54e5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9defbf8b62bde89e206d74c2a2b445b9ed66108"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e96ef1a40dda5b637b1911cd950b11e9848de939"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/63xxx/CVE-2026-63998.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63998"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
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  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "ethtool: module: call ethnl_ops_complete() on module flash errors"
}