CVE-2026-98488

What the bug is

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.

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/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c

What this is

ATLX ETHERNET DRIVERSMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/ · netdev@vger.kernel.org · Maintained

Kernel module

atl1e

Check it on the machine

grep -wE 'CONFIG_ATL1E|CONFIG_ETHERNET|CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS' /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.

lsmod | grep -w atl1e

Prints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.

Show whether Debian builds this, per release

Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.

• bookwormMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64
• trixieMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64, armel/rpi
• forky, sidMnot built on amd64/cloud-amd64, arm64/cloud-arm64

M

a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it

Build switches

CONFIG_ATL1E, CONFIG_ETHERNET, CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS

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

2026-10-18 (today)source

CVSS

no vector published, unrated

Attack vector

not published

EPSS

not scored

CISA KEV

not listedthe KEV catalogue

Debian urgency

not yet assignedsource

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
2.6.27	5.10.271	ca862b1a4af7
2.6.27	5.15.222	4bbb44075bd3
2.6.27	6.1.189	34bc747a61be
2.6.27	6.6.158	1d8c85359b50
2.6.27	6.12.112	a277422d194c
2.6.27	6.18.55	4b7161804d8f
2.6.27	7.2.9	3a7d9271b37c
2.6.27	7.3	374bf9e4b90f