{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23117", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.969Z", "datePublished": "2026-02-14T15:09:49.188Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:00:27.366Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:00:27.366Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path\n\ndevlink-reload results in ice_init_hw failed error, and then removing\nthe ice driver causes a NULL pointer dereference.\n\n[ +0.102213] ice 0000:ca:00.0: ice_init_hw failed: -16\n...\n[ +0.000001] Call Trace:\n[ +0.000003] \n[ +0.000006] ice_unload+0x8f/0x100 [ice]\n[ +0.000081] ice_remove+0xba/0x300 [ice]\n\nCommit 1390b8b3d2be (\"ice: remove duplicate call to ice_deinit_hw() on\nerror paths\") removed ice_deinit_hw() from ice_deinit_dev(). As a result\nice_devlink_reinit_down() no longer calls ice_deinit_hw(), but\nice_devlink_reinit_up() still calls ice_init_hw(). Since the control\nqueues are not uninitialized, ice_init_hw() fails with -EBUSY.\n\nAdd ice_deinit_hw() to ice_devlink_reinit_down() to correspond with\nice_init_hw() in ice_devlink_reinit_up()." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "c91eee346089e4d287d5a111719e57cac605275e", "lessThan": "a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1390b8b3d2bef9bfbb852fc735430798bfca36e7", "lessThan": "42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.18.2", "lessThan": "6.18.8", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.18.2", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.8" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6" } ], "title": "ice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }