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

net: stmmac: dwmac1000: clear the RGMII status interrupt

Since commit 2e2c878a3141 ("net: stmmac: remove SGMII/RGMII/SMII
interrupt handling") nothing on the RGMII path reads GMAC_RGSMIIIS, so
RGSMIIIS stays pending behind GMAC_INT_MASK from the first link change
on. stmmac_resume() resets the MAC in stmmac_hw_setup(); the reset sets
GMAC_INT_MASK to 0 until dwmac1000_core_init() writes the mask again,
and the pending status storms the line:

dwmac_dma_interrupt: unexpected status 04000000

A register dump at the first message on ODROID-HC4 showed it:

core int_status 00000001 int_mask 00000000 pmt 00000000 rgsmiiis 0000000d

When the resume thread runs on the CPU that takes the MAC interrupt,
the storm starves it: a soft lockup, then a watchdog reset or a hang.

Read GMAC_RGSMIIIS in dwmac1000_irq_status() when the status is not
masked, as the driver did before 2e2c878a3141; the read clears it.

Wake-on-LAN resume from s2idle with the resume thread and the MAC
interrupt on one CPU: Helios64 (dwmac-rk), 7.3-rc6, soft-locked in 3 of
3 resumes without a fix and in 0 of 10 with this patch; it ran with an
out-of-tree dwmac-rk change that keeps the GMAC powered across suspend.
ODROID-HC4 (dwmac-meson8b): 0 of 10 with this patch, 2 of 2 without a
fix on a 7.3-rc5 build. irq_rgmii_n went up by one per resume.
Published: 2026-10-28
Score: n/a
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux linux
Vendors & Products Linux linux

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-368
CWE-399

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: dwmac1000: clear the RGMII status interrupt Since commit 2e2c878a3141 ("net: stmmac: remove SGMII/RGMII/SMII interrupt handling") nothing on the RGMII path reads GMAC_RGSMIIIS, so RGSMIIIS stays pending behind GMAC_INT_MASK from the first link change on. stmmac_resume() resets the MAC in stmmac_hw_setup(); the reset sets GMAC_INT_MASK to 0 until dwmac1000_core_init() writes the mask again, and the pending status storms the line: dwmac_dma_interrupt: unexpected status 04000000 A register dump at the first message on ODROID-HC4 showed it: core int_status 00000001 int_mask 00000000 pmt 00000000 rgsmiiis 0000000d When the resume thread runs on the CPU that takes the MAC interrupt, the storm starves it: a soft lockup, then a watchdog reset or a hang. Read GMAC_RGSMIIIS in dwmac1000_irq_status() when the status is not masked, as the driver did before 2e2c878a3141; the read clears it. Wake-on-LAN resume from s2idle with the resume thread and the MAC interrupt on one CPU: Helios64 (dwmac-rk), 7.3-rc6, soft-locked in 3 of 3 resumes without a fix and in 0 of 10 with this patch; it ran with an out-of-tree dwmac-rk change that keeps the GMAC powered across suspend. ODROID-HC4 (dwmac-meson8b): 0 of 10 with this patch, 2 of 2 without a fix on a 7.3-rc5 build. irq_rgmii_n went up by one per resume.
Title net: stmmac: dwmac1000: clear the RGMII status interrupt
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T10:35:45.591Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.400Z

Link: CVE-2026-99188

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T11:17:39.727

Modified: 2026-10-28T11:17:39.727

Link: CVE-2026-99188

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Updated: 2026-10-28T16:45:04Z

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