{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97481 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-97481 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-97481 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-97481 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Sep 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-97481 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97481/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-97481","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97481/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-97481","record":{"aliases":["AZL-104010","BELL-CVE-2026-97481","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97481","GHSA-whv8-h8xw-cr4q","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-97481"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel serial driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A missing FIFO error IRQ handling in the Linux kernel 8250 serial driver can cause a soft lockup during startup, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"denial_of_service"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nserial: 8250: fix possible ISR soft lockup\n\nThere are rare cases in which the host gets stuck in the ISR because it\nis flooded with messages during the startup phase.\n\nThe reason for the soft lockup in the ISR is the missing FIFO error IRQ\n(FIFOE) handling. Not handling it and reporting IRQ_HANDLED triggers\nthe IRQ immediately again.\n\nFix this by adding a check for the FIFOE status and clearing the FIFO\nif no data is ready (DR).\n\nThis behavior was observed on an AM62L device which uses the OMAP 8250\ndriver. Fix it for all 8250 drivers, since the OMAP driver's special\nIRQ setup handling may trigger this behavior more frequently, but it\nis not ensured that other 8250 drivers aren't affected.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"serial: 8250: fix possible ISR soft lockup","id":"CVE-2026-97481","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"denial_of_service","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":7,"next":{"headline":"usb: gadget: goku_udc: avoid NULL deref of dev-\u003edriver in INT_USBRESET log","id":"CVE-2026-97482"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"tty: serial: 8250: protect against NULL uart-\u003eport.dev in register","id":"CVE-2026-97480"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-09-24","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-03","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A missing FIFO error IRQ handling in the Linux kernel 8250 serial driver can cause a soft lockup during startup, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-97481/"}