High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-80997
net: ipa: fix stalled modem TX queue after runtime resume
7.5
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: ipa: fix stalled modem TX queue after runtime resume
ipa_start_xmit() unconditionally stops the TX queue before calling
pm_runtime_get(), relying on the wake scheduled by runtime resume
(ipa_modem_wake_queue_work()) to restart it once power is ACTIVE.
But that work is queued from within the runtime resume callback,
before the device's power state reaches RPM_ACTIVE, so it can run
while the device is still RPM_RESUMING. The wake is then consumed
too early: the transmit it restarts stops the queue again,
pm_runtime_get() returns -EINPROGRESS without arranging any future
wake (deferred_resume exists only for RPM_SUSPENDING), and after the
resume completes nothing is left to wake the queue. Transmit stalls
permanently: packets pile up in the qdisc behind the stopped queue,
the device runtime-suspends, and since the netdev registers no
ndo_tx_timeout the watchdog never fires. Observed on SM7635
(Fairphone 6) as the cellular data path going permanently deaf
within hours, RX included, since nothing resumes the suspended
endpoints.
Close the window by making the wake work wait for the resume to
complete (pm_runtime_get_sync()) before waking the queue. Every
queue stop is then guaranteed a later wake that happens while power
is ACTIVE; a transmit racing a new suspend/resume cycle re-schedules
the work. If the device could not be resumed, wake the queue anyway
so pending packets are dropped by the transmit path rather than
stranded.
The STARTED power flag used to narrow this window: a wake running
before the transmit path's stop suppressed that stop, but only once,
as the flag was cleared by the first stop it absorbed. Removing the
flag made a single transmit during an in-flight resume sufficient to
strand the queue, which is the form observed.
With an accelerated reproducer (autosuspend delay shortened to 5 ms,
~20 packets/s of TX), an unpatched kernel stalled three times in
230 s / 4380 packets; with this patch the same test ran 3601 s /
70298 packets without a stall.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
688de12f080f10dff8f3ddc80103e432ad8deb0b before 30d5226bac52073c91ce85c2dcff93b866baefdb; 688de12f080f10dff8f3ddc80103e432ad8deb0b before 62da38b4b3a0dd74a3e0eecf4992d40385924205; 688de12f080f10dff8f3ddc80103e432ad8deb0b before 30cef9c1229a36a9c80edb29296459849a2fbaa3; 688de12f080f10dff8f3ddc80103e432ad8deb0b before 3cbfd627ee720f3d2460d2cbe2fe9e4130240db6; 6.9 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80997
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80997
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30cef9c1229a36a9c80edb29296459849a2fbaa3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30d5226bac52073c91ce85c2dcff93b866baefdb
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cbfd627ee720f3d2460d2cbe2fe9e4130240db6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62da38b4b3a0dd74a3e0eecf4992d40385924205
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