CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-97981

Low risk· EPSS 7%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the cortina ethernet driver has a bug in NAPI budget accounting for dropped frames. The RX loop only consumes budget when it successfully delivers a frame; error paths keep consuming descriptors without reducing the budget, potentially processing the entire receive ring in one poll. The fix moves budget accounting to a common end-of-frame path.

Risk Assessment

A stream of bad frames can lead to excessive CPU usage and network performance issues. This affects systems with cortina ethernet cards.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix. Monitor network performance on systems with this driver.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: cortina: Count dropped frames as NAPI work The RX loop only consumes budget when it successfully delivers a frame. Error paths keep consuming descriptors without reducing the budget, so a stream of bad frames can process the entire receive ring in one poll. Move the budget accounting to a common end-of-frame path. This counts each completed frame as NAPI work whether it was delivered or dropped, matching the behavior of the vendor driver.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS