# net: atl1: fix soft lockup on out-of-range cmb_tpd_next_to_clean read

CVE record · `CVE-2026-98494`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-98494`
- **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: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 5d7ac337d37cb97d77e4c910d37746694b606661` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before c55e51d5899e80f9593b26985ed0b89e0c828a5e` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 6ab9f61ca851f02ae4398cebaf00735a22e1d6ca` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 632cd7b81cb7bab36112f02eb2ee7f7cc1214fb1` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 79e2447b11322c27ef9ac423be0a94efc7691f02` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 0f573b0576252d44fb27ab8470ea873bc6408ef3` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 6285919d4c06254d257d24dc980f6332e1984a82` (git)
  - affected: `f3cc28c797604fa1cda4aef3f250f465de54a0ca to before 43e746821f5f5afbbf68e388bf9fbe221e03bfca` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.21`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.21` (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-2026-98494](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98494)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-98494](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98494)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d7ac337d37cb97d77e4c910d37746694b606661>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c55e51d5899e80f9593b26985ed0b89e0c828a5e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ab9f61ca851f02ae4398cebaf00735a22e1d6ca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/632cd7b81cb7bab36112f02eb2ee7f7cc1214fb1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e2447b11322c27ef9ac423be0a94efc7691f02>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f573b0576252d44fb27ab8470ea873bc6408ef3>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6285919d4c06254d257d24dc980f6332e1984a82>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43e746821f5f5afbbf68e388bf9fbe221e03bfca>

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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