# octeontx2-vf: fix workqueue and netdev race in probe/remove

CVE record · `CVE-2026-90084`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-90084`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 17 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 30 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 17 Sept 2026, 16:06 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: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before 4a4b53231b77986ce55b38122174222c86416de7` (git)
  - affected: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before bdc530baf079eee104f9ea5d83815e798ea155df` (git)
  - affected: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before 00dda563f4963f28fab46d09b912d68268b8e7a5` (git)
  - affected: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before 42a139332ce81a907dac987f1494d30e0a8ab149` (git)
  - affected: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before ef42c9e922dfa806576d9d82867da2f3cd76b3ca` (git)
  - affected: `cbc100aa220556d056272f07dc735c9758089da9 to before 3ba97ff4f873481d370bee7f7dfb87f8296af9be` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.14`
  - unaffected: `before 5.14` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.191 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.160 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.114 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.52 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.6 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> The Linux kernel octeontx2-vf driver is affected from 5.14 until the stable-series fixes; earlier versions are unaffected. The source gives few details on attacker requirements or impact. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.52, or a later release in those series.

Written 12 Nov 2026.

## 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

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 11th percentile, on 13 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 17 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-90084](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90084)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-90084](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90084)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a4b53231b77986ce55b38122174222c86416de7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc530baf079eee104f9ea5d83815e798ea155df>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00dda563f4963f28fab46d09b912d68268b8e7a5>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42a139332ce81a907dac987f1494d30e0a8ab149>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef42c9e922dfa806576d9d82867da2f3cd76b3ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ba97ff4f873481d370bee7f7dfb87f8296af9be>

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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