# net: ibm: emac: mal: fix potential system hang in mal_remove()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97411`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97411`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:03 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: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before 9c1c814a662d9c81959eba591bb52b24639390f2` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before 34c4cae51718d6f393415e01c61314c1bde02f2e` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before 62126e73e230cf4bd6c27cf201949c4290af84a1` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before f0399b3e212741bc5a64b8399d6266c4a150bdfe` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before f6c1aad9b35fa083f48ce0c5926204891d82e089` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before c4cb9a728df66c46067b26263f5beb633aae4087` (git)
  - affected: `b3e441c6ed8655a42e7b4da1b6dc7939f259d9c9 to before 7c5d41f87f079990bf241359e3c1332d8d10fe87` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.24`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.24` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0017, the 6th 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 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97411](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97411)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97411](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97411)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1c814a662d9c81959eba591bb52b24639390f2>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34c4cae51718d6f393415e01c61314c1bde02f2e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62126e73e230cf4bd6c27cf201949c4290af84a1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0399b3e212741bc5a64b8399d6266c4a150bdfe>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6c1aad9b35fa083f48ce0c5926204891d82e089>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cb9a728df66c46067b26263f5beb633aae4087>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c5d41f87f079990bf241359e3c1332d8d10fe87>

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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