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CVE-2026-98615

Linux: eth: fbnic: Set AW_FLUSH_MODE alongside AW_FLUSH when flushing the mailbox

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in8a052cd4b2caee1f90cf0e3874377066939c90e7Also 8947f13e436a4ff5eed9f8f019b2865a07af4bb2, 6.12.112 and 1 moreCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

eth: fbnic: Set AW_FLUSH_MODE alongside AW_FLUSH when flushing the mailbox

When tearing down the FW mailbox Rx ring, fbnic_mbx_reset_desc_ring() writes AW_CFG with FLUSH set and everything else, BME included, cleared. Clearing BME halts the device's writes to the host but leaves the staged requests parked in the PUL write pipeline rather than draining them, so on the write path FLUSH alone never terminates the outstanding requests and the flush the firmware waits on never completes.

Add the FLUSH_MODE definition and set both bits so the staged writes drain out of the pipeline on their own. BME stays cleared, so nothing lands on the host; it is restored later in fbnic_mbx_init_desc_ring() when the ring is rebuilt, once the outstanding writes are gone.

The read path is unaffected. AR_CFG has no equivalent mode bit and AR_FLUSH terminates the outstanding reads by itself, so it is left as is.

Both writes remain plain stores rather than read-modify-writes. That is deliberate: the matching write in fbnic_mbx_init_desc_ring() restores BME and the TLP attributes, and clears both flush bits as a side effect.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 13

  • Linuxaffected: fea860a2a6136658708fb530a82d59d29f708b74 before ed4163f6ba9b52bfd6216d5215ee7b8eb5072411CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3b12f00ddd08e888273b2ac0488d396d90a836fc before 8a052cd4b2caee1f90cf0e3874377066939c90e7CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3b12f00ddd08e888273b2ac0488d396d90a836fc before a969db6548a1b046cd1423701f5f9c3f5794e90dCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 3b12f00ddd08e888273b2ac0488d396d90a836fc before 8947f13e436a4ff5eed9f8f019b2865a07af4bb2CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 0a4aa8a32ddb96f320173a2e9b0e41f4a6d3746cCVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.12.29 before 6.12.112CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.14.7 before 6.15CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.15CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.15CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.12.112 through 6.12.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 6.18.55 through 6.18.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.9 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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