# net: atl1e: fix soft lockup on out-of-range hw_next_to_clean read

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98488`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98488`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 18 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 18 Oct 2026, 15:16 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: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before ca862b1a4af7eac19429ca7ab92625f94ff4a46c` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 4bbb44075bd3e773d61706882ab923ece8b3b519` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 34bc747a61bef572244b01b095552b629cd8d2a2` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 1d8c85359b5075c7937925b673add7ed00e57ec8` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before a277422d194c62daa1b961f5f739689e53fe7301` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 4b7161804d8f31227551901f93947bb4eea4690b` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 3a7d9271b37c80fb7db04aff3bc5621cfdaf9bee` (git)
  - affected: `a6a5325239c20202e18e21e94291bccc659fbf9e to before 374bf9e4b90f979e052332c4faca2d745c491a12` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.27`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.27` (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: `6.12.112 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.55 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.9 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 8 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 18 Oct 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-98488](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98488)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98488](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98488)

### References from the CNA

- <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>

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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