Answer in brief
CVE-2026-97953 records a High severity (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in net: stmmac: fix TX descriptor availability check for TSO traffic. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=f748be531d7012c456b97f66091d86b3675c5fef <ffa6d2481bc1c87f822ecd626561484e4ee24cef || >=f748be531d7012c456b97f66091d86b3675c5fef <c28175220f808c867d5618de8ecc6dbcc815c773 || >=f748be531d7012c456b97f66091d86b3675c5fef <65820fc743eae322f7f94f6a64d07861211d4b21 || >=f748be531d7012c456b97f66091d86b3675c5fef <5e38d732ec67a5b1f9a56e6c73add480c4b6030a | ffa6d2481bc1c87f822ecd626561484e4ee24cef, c28175220f808c867d5618de8ecc6dbcc815c773, 65820fc743eae322f7f94f6a64d07861211d4b21, 5e38d732ec67a5b1f9a56e6c73add480c4b6030a |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 4.7 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 25, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 25, 2026
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. 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.
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