kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting

cve CVE-2026-97982 3 sources, 4 claims · Watch

Red Hat writes:
kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting the claim

Severity they disagree: unknown GitHub advisories
moderate Red Hat
CVSS: 5.5 Red Hat
Vendor: Linux NVD
Product: Linux NVD
CWE: CWE-835 Red Hat

How far exploitation has got

No public code known
Proof of concept
Proof of concept, verified
A Metasploit module
Exploited in the wild
Used in ransomware campaigns

Timeline

2026-09-25	first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix...	GitHub advisories
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting The gmac_rx() function returns the remaining NAPI budget, but its caller treats the return value as the number of packets received. An idle poll therefore reports a full budget and remains scheduled. Return the number of received packets instead. Preserve the existing free queue refill accounting by adding that count directly; continuing to subtract it from the budget would invert the refill behavior.	NVD
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting	Red Hat

What it is to other things

In words only, so not counted until a person confirms one:

affects	`linux/linux` NVD says “Linux · Linux”
made_by	`linux` NVD says “Linux”

Every value, with what each source said and its receipt

Property Source Said Means here

CVSS

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Red Hat

5.5

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: 5.5
Read by: field:cvss3_score
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CVSS vector

cvss_vector

Red Hat

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Read by: field:cvss3_scoring_vector
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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CWE

cwe

Red Hat

CWE-835

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CWE-835
Read by: field:CWE
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

What the source handed over

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Linux

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Source: NVD
Its words: Linux
Read by: field:cve.affected[].affectedData[].product
Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Linux
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Severity

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conflict

GitHub advisories

unknown

receipt

Source: GitHub advisories
Said since: 2026-09-26 15:00 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:46 UTC
Original: open at the source

This source has not kept a receipt for this claim yet. The next update that reads it will.

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Severity

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conflict

Red Hat

moderate

A flaw that is harder to exploit, or whose impact is limited.

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: moderate
Read by: field:severity
Said since: 2026-10-06 13:01 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 13:02 UTC
Original: open at the source

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Its words: Received
Read by: field:cve.vulnStatus
Said since: 2026-09-29 09:45 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

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NVD

Linux

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: Linux
Read by: field:cve.affected[].affectedData[].vendor
Said since: 2026-09-29 17:49 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-09-29 17:49 UTC	Linux
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	—

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Every claim, by kind

vulnerability

kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting zetlyn/cve-redhat · 2026-09-25	cvss 5.5 cvss_vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H cwe CWE-835 severity moderate	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting The gmac_rx() function returns the remaining NAPI budget, but its caller treats the return value as the number of packets received. An idle poll therefore reports a full budget and remains scheduled. Return the number of received packets instead. Preserve the existing free queue refill accounting by adding that count directly; continuing to subtract it from the budget would invert the refill behavior. zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-25	product Linux status Received vendor Linux	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source