CVE-2026-98304

Status: ReceivedUnscored—

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

net: bcmgenet: restore the hardware filters on open

bcmgenet_hfb_init() runs INIT_LIST_HEAD() on priv->rxnfc_list, which drops every rule off the list, and bcmgenet_open() calls it on each ifup. Every rule the user configured is silently lost:

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

Technical details traces, logs and code from the original report

  # 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

CVSS

NVD hasn't assigned a CVSS score to this CVE (common since the April 2026 policy change).

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.17%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 6
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.

Linux — Linux Kernel^AI

References

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