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CVE-2026-23117
published 2026-02-14

CVE-2026-23117: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path devlink-reload results in…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.10%
1.0th percentile
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] [ +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().

Affected

7 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux>= 1390b8b3d2bef9bfbb852fc735430798bfca36e7 < 42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d642fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6
linuxlinux>= 6.18.2 < 6.18.86.18.8
linuxlinux>= c91eee346089e4d287d5a111719e57cac605275e < a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.18.2 < 6.18.86.18.8

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
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