kernel: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery

cve CVE-2026-98105 3 sources, 4 claims · Watch

Red Hat writes:
kernel: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery the claim

Severity they disagree: unknown GitHub advisories
moderate Red Hat
CVSS: 5.5 Red Hat
Vendor: Linux NVD
Product: Linux NVD
CWE: CWE-617 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: oa_tc6:...	GitHub advisories
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery When oversubscribed traffic causes lot of buffer overflow errors, probably due to loss of data chunks, driver fails to find a data chunk with end_valid bit set, before it runs out of sk buffer space. As a result, assert is seen during skb_put. Now, check is made if skb buffer has enough tailroom for the incoming data before accepting. If there is no room, current frame is abandoned and it will start looking for a data chunk with start_valid bit, that is a new frame. SK buffer allocation error is considered as recoverable error. rx_buf_overflow flag is too specific and no longer the only condition this flag is used for. Therefore it is renamed as wait_until_start_valid. This is more appropriate as this flag is used to look for the next data chunk with SV bit set, after failures like buffer overflow, buffer allocation failure, skb pointer validity besides buffer overflow error. Not writing to status0 if it reads 0.	NVD
2026-09-25	first spoke of it: kernel: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery	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

cvss

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-617

receipt

Source: Red Hat
Its words: CWE-617
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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Product

product

NVD

Linux

receipt

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	—

What the source handed over

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Severity

severity

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

severity

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

What the source handed over

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Status

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NVD

Undergoing Analysis

receipt

Source: NVD
Its words: Undergoing Analysis
Read by: field:cve.vulnStatus
Said since: 2026-10-06 11:32 UTC
Last answered: 2026-10-06 12:41 UTC
Original: open at the source

2026-10-06 11:32 UTC	Undergoing Analysis
2026-10-02 12:00 UTC	Awaiting Analysis
2026-09-29 09:45 UTC	Received

What the source handed over

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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	—

What the source handed over

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Every claim, by kind

vulnerability

kernel: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery 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-617 severity moderate	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: oa_tc6: Improve the error recovery When oversubscribed traffic causes lot of buffer overflow errors, probably due to loss of data chunks, driver fails to find a data chunk with end_valid bit set, before it runs out of sk buffer space. As a result, assert is seen during skb_put. Now, check is made if skb buffer has enough tailroom for the incoming data before accepting. If there is no room, current frame is abandoned and it will start looking for a data chunk with start_valid bit, that is a new frame. SK buffer allocation error is considered as recoverable error. rx_buf_overflow flag is too specific and no longer the only condition this flag is used for. Therefore it is renamed as wait_until_start_valid. This is more appropriate as this flag is used to look for the next data chunk with SV bit set, after failures like buffer overflow, buffer allocation failure, skb pointer validity besides buffer overflow error. Not writing to status0 if it reads 0. zetlyn/cve-nvd · 2026-09-25	product Linux status Undergoing Analysis vendor Linux	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: oa_tc6:... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: oa_tc6:... zetlyn/cve-ghsa · 2026-09-25	severity unknown	source