Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23045)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23045). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.18.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/ena: fix missing lock when update devlink params

Fix assert lock warning while calling devl_param_driverinit_value_set()
in ena.

WARNING: net/devlink/core.c:261 at devl_assert_locked+0x62/0x90, CPU#0: kworker/0:0/9
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: Amazon EC2 m8i-flex.4xlarge/, BIOS 1.0 10/16/2017
Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x62/0x90

Call Trace:

devl_param_driverinit_value_set+0x15/0x1c0
ena_devlink_alloc+0x18c/0x220 [ena]
? __pfx_ena_devlink_alloc+0x10/0x10 [ena]
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x18/0x140
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x8c/0x130
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5d/0x80
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x46/0x80
? devm_ioremap_wc+0x9a/0xd0
ena_probe+0x4d2/0x1b20 [ena]
? __lock_acquire+0x56a/0xbd0
? __pfx_ena_probe+0x10/0x10 [ena]
? local_clock+0x15/0x30
? __lock_release.isra.0+0x1c9/0x340
? mark_held_locks+0x40/0x70
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x92/0x170
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x18/0x140
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x8c/0x130
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5d/0x80
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x46/0x80
? __pfx_ena_probe+0x10/0x10 [ena]
......

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23045 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.18.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23045" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23045 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.18.6 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.18.6.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.18.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.18.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.17.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23045 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23045 linux Fixed in: 6.18.8-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23045 linux-hwe-edge