{"id":"CVE-2026-98488","title":"net: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read\n\nSame issue as atl1c (see the first commit in this series, \"net:\natl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-rang…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee","Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12","Linux 2.6.27"],"published":"2026-10-18","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T15:16:14.168Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98488","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T15:45:12.293Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98488","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read\n\nSame issue as atl1c (see the first commit in this series, \"net:\natl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-range tpd_cons read\"): the hardware\ncan report an out-of-range hw_next_to_clean (seen as 0xffff) while\nthe PCIe link/MAC is resetting. An out-of-range value can never be\nreached and the loop below would spin forever. Treat it as \"nothing\nnew to clean\" instead.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee`\n- `Linux >= a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e < 374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12`\n- `Linux 2.6.27`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}