CVE-2026-98489: Linux kernel · net: atl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-range tpd_cons read
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 01:28 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 18 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinuxpkg:deb/ubuntu/linux?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinux-awspkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-aws?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinux-azurepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinux-azure-fdepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-azure-fde?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinux-gcppkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gcp?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
Ubuntu 26.04 LTSlinux-gkepkg:deb/ubuntu/linux-gke?arch=source&distro=resoluteOther threats | Affected
| Fixed in– |
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: atl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-range tpd_cons read The hardware can report an out-of-range tpd_cons (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. To avoid a soft lockup treat it as "nothing new to clean" instead. Reproduced on two machines, same NIC (Qualcomm Atheros AR8151 v2.0, 4-port), triggered by rebooting a Mikrotik CCR2004 PCIe card that the ports are directly linked to: - Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, kernel 7.0.0-31-generic. The link-flap precursor, before the lockup was captured with a full trace elsewhere: atl1c 0000:05:00.0 enp5s0f0: NETDEV WATCHDOG: CPU: 4: transmit queue 2 timed out 489984 ms atl1c 0000:05:00.0: MAC state machine can't be idle since disabled for 10ms second atl1c 0000:05:00.0: atl1c: enp5s0f0 NIC Link is Up<65535 Mbps Full Duplex> 65535 (0xffff) here is the same value tpd_cons reads back once the loop below gets stuck. - Proxmox VE, kernel 7.0.14-11-pve. Same NIC/trigger, this time caught by the soft lockup watchdog with a full stack trace: watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#12 stuck for 354s! [napi/eth%d-0:329] CPU: 12 UID: 0 PID: 329 Comm: napi/eth%d-0 Tainted: P O L 7.0.14-11-pve #1 PREEMPT(lazy) RIP: 0010:atl1c_clean_tx+0x142/0x2d0 [atl1c] Call Trace: <TASK> __napi_poll+0x32/0x1e0 napi_threaded_poll_loop+0x286/0x2e0 napi_threaded_poll+0xfd/0x140 kthread+0xf7/0x130 ret_from_fork+0x2da/0x3a0 ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 </TASK>
References
- ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-98489 (opens in a new tab)
- cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98489 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4ab263e40fcf7cfa38a43ec774067d32eb94e16 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ea2576a4f5ec476f33169fdbe9090d2b038ad13 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4daf80da0c38b8cd92c111ad96cb38322aabf586 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7acd4cdeccbcdfd407adeb72b1eba14d1145b6f (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f2cc71a2e2799d9c993c73f1bd36507eef6ae43 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/586847400b1168a88917287ac02c2c91a620b841 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b55367b6e3accc55a989afeaf127063e3614dc (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/36c2009d90f2210ef92e6f4f2850e8b57b09e754 (opens in a new tab)