What is CVE-2026-53232?

CVE-2026-53232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-53232?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-53232

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: clean the sfp upstream if phy probing fails Sashiko reported that we don't call sfp_bus_del_upstream() in the probe failure path, so let's add it, otherwise th…

EPSS: 0.003 (16.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6.18.36, 298e54fa810e027f1b0800d789eb862592721f08, 5.5
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53232?: CVE-2026-53232 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-53232?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.