CVE-2026-23117

MEDIUM EPSS 1.1%
Published Feb 14, 20264mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 14, 2026 4mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path devlink-reload results in ice_init_hw failed error, and then removing the ice driver causes a NULL pointer dereference. [ +0.102213] ice 0000:ca:00.0: ice_init_hw failed: -16 ... [ +0.000001] Call Trace: [ +0.000003] <TASK> [ +0.000006] ice_unload+0x8f/0x100 [ice] [ +0.000081] ice_remove+0xba/0x300 [ice] Commit 1390b8b3d2be ("ice: remove duplicate call to ice_deinit_hw() on error paths") removed ice_deinit_hw() from ice_deinit_dev(). As a result ice_devlink_reinit_down() no longer calls ice_deinit_hw(), but ice_devlink_reinit_up() still calls ice_init_hw(). Since the control queues are not uninitialized, ice_init_hw() fails with -EBUSY. Add ice_deinit_hw() to ice_devlink_reinit_down() to correspond with ice_init_hw() in ice_devlink_reinit_up().

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
1.1% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.18.2  –  <6.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any
linuxlinux_kernel6.19any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4
    Patch