Linux kernel Cortina Ethernet driver acknowledges wrong RX interrupt
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel from 4.16, the Cortina Ethernet driver's gmac_irq() function acknowledges the RX overrun interrupt using the RX descriptor error bit from the wrong status register. For GMAC0 this clears the GMAC1 overrun bit, and for GMAC1 the shift leaves no valid bit, so the overrun interrupt is not acknowledged correctly.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Ack RX overrun interrupt correctly The RX overrun interrupt is reported in interrupt status register 4, but gmac_irq() acknowledges it using the RX descriptor error bit from status register 0. For GMAC0 this writes the GMAC1 overrun bit, while for GMAC1 the shift leaves no bit in the 32-bit register. Acknowledge the same per-port RX overrun bit that was detected.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
The Linux kernel is fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8 and 7.3.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.112, 6.18.54, 7.2.8, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-98275
- 2026-10-06 Alias added: GHSA-pxvw-xq3p-q24h
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-02 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-02 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1163cc82dcbc145f912bf2106ab668762f53e483
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12a0c7bb448c1899ea3d8f97fa47a8740044e16d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d72d87926ca33c6766dc73ace46859d7220a45bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/472493d1d3334d104b9873abc1c2d80ed3b144f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f23fa11fef9b4a93335894379d82238f0a28228
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f33e036e827f368cdb10bcb15ad098448aca0f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4bd670454390aab72ab9fb7b73bce2966c33fe3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1dd85662fee6e2ac580b1c4f9a0c0a7ae6e31f0e
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Sources
- CVE-2026-98275 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-98275 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pxvw-xq3p-q24h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-98275 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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