# net: bnxt: ring the doorbell when SW USO exits early

CVE record · `CVE-2026-80998`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-80998`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Sept 2026, 19:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `cc5d90667db81474ed7a92a1b2fa3daec5559307 to before 48d1c9665db6e3d4aeca62eb669377162ebc6fdf` (git)
  - affected: `cc5d90667db81474ed7a92a1b2fa3daec5559307 to before 4e15e89faac9f308baeb01f46c13a051814d2449` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `7.1`
  - unaffected: `before 7.1` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.4 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0049, the 42nd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-80998](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80998)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-80998](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80998)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48d1c9665db6e3d4aeca62eb669377162ebc6fdf>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e15e89faac9f308baeb01f46c13a051814d2449>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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