CVE-2026-97982

kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 25, 2026

Updated · September 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Cortina Ethernet driver in the Linux kernel. The driver incorrectly returns the remaining packet budget instead of the number of packets processed during receive polling. This miscalculation causes idle network polling routines to remain continuously scheduled, which can lead to excessive processor consumption and a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')