{"cve":"CVE-2026-97411","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-24T17:17:18.720","modified":"2026-10-03T11:17:53.200","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ibm: emac: mal: fix potential system hang in mal_remove()\n\nnapi_disable() is not idempotent and calling it on an already-disabled\nor unenabled NAPI context will cause the kernel to spin indefinitely\nwaiting for the NAPI_STATE_SCHED bit to clear.\n\nIn mal_remove(), napi_disable() is called unconditionally. If no MACs were\nregistered, NAPI was never enabled. Also, if they were registered but\nsubsequently unregistered, NAPI was already disabled in\nmal_unregister_commac(). In either case, calling napi_disable() causes\nthe kernel to hang upon module removal.\n\nFix this by only calling napi_disable() in mal_remove() if the commac list\nis not empty (which implies NAPI is enabled).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34c4cae51718d6f393415e01c61314c1bde02f2e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62126e73e230cf4bd6c27cf201949c4290af84a1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c5d41f87f079990bf241359e3c1332d8d10fe87","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c1c814a662d9c81959eba591bb52b24639390f2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4cb9a728df66c46067b26263f5beb633aae4087"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:56:02.509636177+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-97411","score":0.00173,"percentile":0.06644,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}