CVE-2026-98304: net: bcmgenet: restore the hardware filters on open

Published Oct 6, 2026
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Updated

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

net: bcmgenet: restore the hardware filters on open

bcmgenethfbinit() runs INITLISTHEAD() on priv->rxnfclist, which drops every rule off the list, and bcmgenetopen() calls it on each ifup. Every rule the user configured is silently lost:

# ethtool -N eth0 flow-type ether dst $MAC action 0 Added rule with ID 0 # ethtool -n eth0 | grep -c Filter: 1 # ip link set eth0 down && ip link set eth0 up # ethtool -n eth0 | grep -c Filter: 0

Initialise the lists once at probe and restore the rules on open, as bcmgenetresume() already does.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel

Event History

Oct 6, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:46 AM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:46 AM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·09:18 AM
Description
Oct 7, 2026
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·08:17 AM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

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