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Treat it as \"nothing\nnew to clean\" instead.","publishedAt":"2026-10-18T15:16:14.168Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-19T09:20:25.516Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee","versionType":"git"},{"version":"a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e","status":"affected","lessThan":"374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"2.6.27","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"2.6.27","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.112","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.55","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.9","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/atl1e/atl1e_main.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:13:43.249Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/98xxx/CVE-2026-98488.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98488","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-10-18T15:16:14.168Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-19T09:20:25.516Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.352Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"net: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read\n\nSame issue as atl1c (see the first commit in this series, \"net:\natl1c: fix soft lockup on out-of-range tpd_cons read\"): the hardware\ncan report an out-of-range hw_next_to_clean (seen as 0xffff) while\nthe PCIe link/MAC is resetting. 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