{"id":"CVE-2026-23117","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"ice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path","description":"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().","publishedAt":"2026-02-14T15:09:49.188Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T22:00:27.366Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"c91eee346089e4d287d5a111719e57cac605275e","status":"affected","lessThan":"a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1390b8b3d2bef9bfbb852fc735430798bfca36e7","status":"affected","lessThan":"42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"6.18.2","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.18.8","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:11:21.040Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23117.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-23117","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2026-02-14T15:09:49.188Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:00:27.366Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2026-01-13T15:37:45.969Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"ice: add missing ice_deinit_hw() in devlink reinit path","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":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"c91eee346089e4d287d5a111719e57cac605275e","status":"affected","lessThan":"a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1390b8b3d2bef9bfbb852fc735430798bfca36e7","status":"affected","lessThan":"42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"6.18.2","status":"affected","lessThan":"6.18.8","versionType":"semver"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/devlink/devlink.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T22:00:27.366Z"},"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"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}