CVE-2026-23117

MEDIUM

Linux kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (6)
linux/Kernel 6.18.2 - 6.18.8linux
Linux/Linux 1390b8b3d2bef9bfbb852fc735430798bfca36e7 - 42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6
Linux/Linux 6.18.2 - 6.18.8
Linux/Linux c91eee346089e4d287d5a111719e57cac605275e - a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4
linux/linux_kernel 6.19 rc1 (6 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.18.2 - 6.18.8
Published Feb 14, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026