CVE-2026-98488 (GCVE-0-2026-98488)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-18 15:16
Modified
2026-10-19 09:20
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read Same issue as atl1c (see the first commit in this series, "net: atl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-range tpd_cons read"): the hardware can report an out-of-range hw_next_to_clean (seen as 0xffff) while the PCIe link/MAC is resetting. An out-of-range value can never be reached and the loop below would spin forever. Treat it as "nothing new to clean" instead.
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Linux Linux Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
Version: a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e
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