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CVE-2026-22985
published 2026-01-23

CVE-2026-22985: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: Fix RSS LUT NULL pointer crash on early ethtool operations The RSS LUT is not…

PriorityP421medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.11%
1.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: Fix RSS LUT NULL pointer crash on early ethtool operations The RSS LUT is not initialized until the interface comes up, causing the following NULL pointer crash when ethtool operations like rxhash on/off are performed before the interface is brought up for the first time. Move RSS LUT initialization from ndo_open to vport creation to ensure LUT is always available. This enables RSS configuration via ethtool before bringing the interface up. Simplify LUT management by maintaining all changes in the driver's soft copy and programming zeros to the indirection table when rxhash is disabled. Defer HW programming until the interface comes up if it is down during rxhash and LUT configuration changes. Steps to reproduce: ** Load idpf driver; interfaces will be created modprobe idpf ** Before bringing the interfaces up, turn rxhash off ethtool -K eth2 rxhash off [89408.371875] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [89408.371908] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [89408.371924] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [89408.371940] PGD 0 P4D 0 [89408.371953] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [89408.372052] RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0x16/0x130 [89408.372310] Call Trace: [89408.372317] [89408.372326] ? idpf_set_features+0xfc/0x180 [idpf] [89408.372363] __netdev_update_features+0x295/0xde0 [89408.372384] ethnl_set_features+0x15e/0x460 [89408.372406] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x11f/0x180 [89408.372429] genl_rcv_msg+0x1ad/0x2b0 [89408.372446] ? __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10 [89408.372465] ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10 [89408.372482] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x100 [89408.372502] genl_rcv+0x2c/0x50 [89408.372516] netlink_unicast+0x289/0x3e0 [89408.372533] netlink_sendmsg+0x215/0x440 [89408.372551] __sys_sendto+0x234/0x240 [89408.372571] __x64_sys_sendto+0x28/0x30 [89408.372585] x64_sys_call+0x1909/0x1da0 [89408.372604] do_syscall_64+0x7a/0xfa0 [89408.373140] ? clear_bhb_l

Affected

37 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c < df2790b5228fbd3ed415b70a231cffdad0431618df2790b5228fbd3ed415b70a231cffdad0431618
linuxlinux>= a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c < b29a5a7dd1f4293ee49c469938c25bf85a5aa802b29a5a7dd1f4293ee49c469938c25bf85a5aa802
linuxlinux>= a251eee62133774cf35ff829041377e721ef9c8c < 83f38f210b85676f40ba8586b5a8edae19b5699583f38f210b85676f40ba8586b5a8edae19b56995
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.18.66.18.6
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fde
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fips
ubuntulinux-fips
ubuntulinux-gcp
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.17
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.8
ubuntulinux-gcp-fips
ubuntulinux-gke
ubuntulinux-gkeop
ubuntulinux-hwe-6.8

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu2.0LOW
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