CVE-2026-63997

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 3 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ethtool: module: avoid leaking a netdev ref on module flash errors

module_flash_fw_schedule() is missing undo for setting the "in_progress" flag and taking the netdev reference. Delay taking these, the device can't disappear while we are holding rtnl_lock.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 19, 2026

Last Modified

July 30, 2026

References (4)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-63997(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(5)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-26.04 (7.0.0-2016.16) @ resolute2026-08-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-hwe-24.04-edge (7.0.0-1016.16) @ resolute2026-08-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-7.0 (7.0.0-1008.8) @ resolute2026-08-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-realtime-7.0 (7.0.0-1015.15) @ resolute2026-08-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fde-7.0 (7.0.0-1009.9) @ resolute2026-08-30ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 2 ecosystems)
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1 ... 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 (27 versions)6.12.94-1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.0.9-1~bpo13+1 (138 versions)7.0.12-1—

All Vendor Advisories

(5)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 02:53 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-30 02:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-27 05:02 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-27 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-24 10:37 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-24 10:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-21 23:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-21 16:36 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-08-21 16:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-18 22:16 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-18 22:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-16 04:07 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-08-16 04:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 54 more
  1. 2026-08-13 10:06 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-08-13 10:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-10 16:05 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-08-10 16:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-07 21:32 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-08-07 21:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-05 19:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-05 03:32 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-08-05 03:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-04 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-04 10:39 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-02 09:30 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-08-02 09:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-02 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-01 04:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-30 16:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-30 15:30 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-30 15:30 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-30 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-29 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-07-29 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-28 15:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-07-27 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-07-26 10:57 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-07-26 10:57 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-07-26 10:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  39. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-07-24 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-07-23 03:22 UTCEG score recompute
  45. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-07-21 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-07-20 17:29 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-07-20 17:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-07-19 17:49 UTCNVD update
  53. 2026-07-19 15:20 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-07-19 15:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-63997?
CVE-2026-63997 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on July 19, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethtool: module: avoid leaking a netdev ref on module flash errors moduleflashfw_schedule() is missing undo for setting the "in_progress" flag and taking the netdev reference. Delay taking these, the device can't disappear while we…
When was CVE-2026-63997 disclosed?
CVE-2026-63997 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 19, 2026, with the most recent update on July 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-63997 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-63997 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 93.7% of all scored CVEs.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-63997?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-63997, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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