CVE-2026-98277

eth: fbnic: ring the doorbell if a burst ends in a drop

Published Oct 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

eth: fbnic: ring the doorbell if a burst ends in a drop

fbnic_tx_map() skips the doorbell write, and the completion request,
for every packet handed to it with xmit_more set, counting on the
packet which ends the burst to publish them all. When that packet is
dropped instead - skb_put_padto(), skb_cow_head() or a DMA mapping
failure - nothing rings. The descriptors of the preceding packets stay
invisible to the HW until the next transmit on that queue, which for a
burst-then-idle workload may never come.

Remember the meta descriptor of the last packet left without a doorbell
and flush it from the error paths. The completion request has to be set
on that descriptor rather than simply writing the tail, otherwise the HW
would transmit the packets but never report a head, and the ring would
fill up and stall for good.

This is very similar to Joe's recent series of fixes for bnxt.
Not seen in real life, reproduced under QEMU with failure injection.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9019-1 Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-9020-1 Linux kernel vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-665
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Weaknesses CWE-459
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-665
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-744
CWE-754
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Weaknesses CWE-744
CWE-754
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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: fbnic: ring the doorbell if a burst ends in a drop fbnic_tx_map() skips the doorbell write, and the completion request, for every packet handed to it with xmit_more set, counting on the packet which ends the burst to publish them all. When that packet is dropped instead - skb_put_padto(), skb_cow_head() or a DMA mapping failure - nothing rings. The descriptors of the preceding packets stay invisible to the HW until the next transmit on that queue, which for a burst-then-idle workload may never come. Remember the meta descriptor of the last packet left without a doorbell and flush it from the error paths. The completion request has to be set on that descriptor rather than simply writing the tail, otherwise the HW would transmit the packets but never report a head, and the ring would fill up and stall for good. This is very similar to Joe's recent series of fixes for bnxt. Not seen in real life, reproduced under QEMU with failure injection.
Title eth: fbnic: ring the doorbell if a burst ends in a drop
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Oct 19, 2026, 9:16 AM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026, 10:25 AM
Status
Received
Published
Oct 6, 2026, 9:18 AM
Modified
Oct 19, 2026, 10:18 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 AM