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[ CVE-2026-97966 · Published 25 Sep 2026 ]

Vulnerability in Linux

Not scored yet EPSS <1%3 agency advisoriesNo fix listed yet

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: reset HTB scheduler topology before freeing queues HTB offload programs NIX_AF_TLxX_TOPOLOGY on QoS-allocated scheduler queues via otx2_qos_txschq_set_parent_topology(), but teardown freed those queues without clearing TOPOLOGY. The AF only restores PARENT and SCHEDULE on free, so PRIO_ANCHOR/RR_PRIO settings can survive in the shared scheduler pool and affect later allocations. Add otx2_qos_reset_schq_topology() and otx2_qos_free_hw_schq() to zero TL4 through TL2 TOPOLOGY before each schq is returned to the AF during hierarchy teardown and cfg rollback. Skip the aggregation level (TL1): it is a per-tx-link queue shared by the PF, default Tx hierarchy and VFs, and is not freed back to the AF by nix_txschq_free_one().

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

  • CERT-FRCERTFR-2026-AVI-1289

    Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian LTS Linux kernel Translated from French

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian LTS Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

    CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1311 more CVEs
  • CERT-FRCERTFR-2026-AVI-1253

    Multiple vulnerabilities in the Debian Linux kernel Translated from French

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Debian Linux kernel. Some of them allow an attacker to cause privilege escalation, a breach of data confidentiality and denial of service.

    CVE-2025-38237CVE-2025-39833CVE-2025-39925+1310 more CVEs
  • BSI CERT-BundWID-SEC-2026-3579

    Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

    CVE-2026-97615CVE-2026-97978CVE-2026-98127+590 more CVEs

[ References ]References