Bug 2541023 (CVE-2026-97982) - CVE-2026-97982 kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting
Summary: CVE-2026-97982 kernel: net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97982
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:42 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-30 07:05 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:42:03 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: ethernet: cortina: Fix budget accounting

The gmac_rx() function returns the remaining NAPI budget, but its
caller treats the return value as the number of packets received. An
idle poll therefore reports a full budget and remains scheduled.

Return the number of received packets instead. Preserve the existing
free queue refill accounting by adding that count directly; continuing
to subtract it from the budget would invert the refill behavior.


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