CVE-2026-98051

What the bug is

The loop initialised next_index from intf->tx_spb_index on every iteration, so incr_ring() always produced the same result and only one slot was ever tested. Move the initialisation before the loop so each iteration advances next_index and the function correctly checks that cnt consecutive descriptor slots are available before allowing a new transmission.

Where it lives

The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.

drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/bcmasp_intf.c

What this is

BROADCOM ASP 2.0 ETHERNET DRIVERMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/asp2/ · bcm-kernel-feedback-list@broadcom.com · Supported

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_BCMASP|CONFIG_ETHERNET|CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM' /boot/config-$(uname -r)

Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian does not build this code in 4 releases. The build rule could not be established for 1 release, so nothing is claimed about those.

• bookworm?
• trixie, forky, sid, bookworm · linux-6.12n

?

not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file

n

not enabled on any flavour - this release does not build the code

Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.

Build switches

CONFIG_BCMASP, CONFIG_ETHERNET, CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_BROADCOM

Reads as

all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.

From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages

Signals

Published

2026-09-25 (24 days ago)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

0.12%, higher than 1.8% of all CVEssource

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

unimportantsource

Subsystem

drivers/net

Upstream fixes

The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source

Introduced	Fixed in	Commit
6.6	6.6.158	990df1ba4d08
6.6	6.12.111	f7f7a16dd46a
6.6	6.18.53	a8bddab54aa6
6.6	7.2.7	5df7ecd30248
6.6	7.3	0c5cf62e72d7

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