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CVE-2026-97953

INDEX BUILT · 2026-10-18

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net: stmmac: fix TX descriptor availability check for TSO traffic

CVE-2026-979533 of 4 sources documented this
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rank 18 = 0 + 18 + 0 + 0 + 0

rank@v1 · backlog

Someone is already using it

CISA KEV catalog · public proof-of-concept · FIRST EPSS

EPSS 0.00410  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

What it costs you if it fires

NVD CVSS base score, then the CNA's own

CVSS 7.0, from the CNA  ·  without this subject the record ranks 0

It is getting worse, not staying still

FIRST EPSS series, rescorings and bad loads removed

no persisting rise in 365 days  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

How much of the world it touches

NVD CPE configurations

0 products in the CPE ranges  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

Someone else already set the date

CISA KEV remediation due date

no CISA due date  ·  without this subject the record ranks 18

Hindsight · the state

0.0041EPSSNOT IN KEVas of 2026-10-18
Severity7 HIGHreceipt
Harmunauthenticated · networkreceipt
Exploitationnone in held sources
Defensefix not stated as a versionreceipt
Movementone observationreceipt
SINGLE READINGOne observation held. There is no shape yet. arc-rules@v1

Foresight · where to check next

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Reachnetwork-reachable · no privileges required · no user interaction · high attack complexityreceipt
ImpactPartial confidentiality and integrity loss; complete availability lossreceipt
Scored fromCVSS v3.1 · the CNA's vectorreceipt
Weakness classNo CWE mapping in held sources.

CISA KEV & Federal Remediation Deadline from the record and CISA

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Fixed inThe CVE record names a fix, but not as a version that can be installed. What it holds is a source commit, a placeholder, or a version the record itself lists as affected.receipt
Patch available sinceNo dated patch-availability record in held sources. The index holds reference URLs without dates and only the current revision of the CVE record, so the day a fix first existed cannot be derived. Only the versions it landed in.
BOD 26-04 deadlineIf the system is reachable from the internet: 14 days. If not: fix at the next system upgrade.derived
Show full BOD 26-04 deadline

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Current rung: Nothing observed in held sources.

  • RUNG 1Nothing observed in held sources
  • RUNG 2Proof-of-concept published
  • RUNG 3Exploited in the wild · CISA KEV listed
  • RUNG 4Ransomware campaign use known

Authority who says so

CVSS, the CNA7 HIGHreceipt
Exploit probability0.0041 · top 66% of all CVEsreceipt
Assigned byLinuxreceipt
Recorded changes1 · last 18 Oct 2026derived

Affected & Fixed Versions as published

Affected productLinuxreceipt

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Unaudited dollar value2 of 3 inputs carry a receipt
Exposure$16,400over the next 30 days, if this record is yours
Movementnot heldno dated series to read a change from
Basisassumeda published average, not your estate

$16,400 = $4.99M incident cost x 0.8004932139359172 exposure x 0.0041 likelihood

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What it is stated by the CNA

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: fix TX descriptor availability check for TSO traffic stmmac_tso_xmit() estimates the number of free TX descriptors required by a TSO skb as: (skb->len - proto_hdr_len) / TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE + 1 which assumes the payload is split into TSO_MAX_BUFF_SIZE chunks. This underestimates the descriptors actually consumed by stmmac_tso_allocator(), since each fragment is mapped individually and so it needs at least one descriptor regardless of its size. receipt

Read the rest of the CNA's description

Moreover, one descriptor is used for the L2/L3/L4 headers and, when the MSS changes, one more is consumed for the MSS context descriptor. For a highly fragmented TSO skb the check can therefore pass even when the ring has too few free slots. stmmac_tso_allocator() then writes past the available descriptors, overwriting descriptors still owned by the DMA engine, corrupting the TX ring. Add stmmac_tso_get_num_desc() to compute the exact number of descriptors needed for the header, the linear payload and each fragment, plus the MSS context descriptor when required, and use it in the availability check.

check it yourself git.kernel.org git.kernel.org git.kernel.org git.kernel.org receipt

Movement

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Published2026-09-25Index as of2026-09-28

The record had been public for 3 days when this index was last written.

Published 2026-09-25 receipt · Index as of 2026-09-28 derived

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