{"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]  <TASK>\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"}}}}