ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues
Summary
ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues
Add NULL pointer checks in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues() to prevent crashes
during resume from suspend when rings[q_idx]->q_vector is NULL.
Tested adaptor:
60:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP [8086:159b] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2 [8086:4003]
SR-IOV state: both disabled and enabled can reproduce this issue.
kernel version: v6.18
Reproduce steps:
Boot up and execute suspend like systemctl suspend or rtcwake.
Log:
<1>[ 231.443607] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000040
<1>[ 231.444052] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
<1>[ 231.444484] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
<6>[ 231.444913] PGD 0 P4D 0
<4>[ 231.445342] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
<4>[ 231.446635] RIP: 0010:netif_queue_set_napi+0xa/0x170
<4>[ 231.447067] Code: 31 f6 31 ff c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 85 c9 74 0b <48> 83 79 30 00 0f 84 39 01 00 00 55 41 89 d1 49 89 f8 89 f2 48 89
<4>[ 231.447513] RSP: 0018:ffffcc780fc078c0 EFLAGS: 00010202
<4>[ 231.447961] RAX: ffff8b848ca30400 RBX: ffff8b848caf2028 RCX: 0000000000000010
<4>[ 231.448443] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8b848dbd4000
<4>[ 231.448896] RBP: ffffcc780fc078e8 R08: 000000…
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23166 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.73-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23166 linux Fixed in: 6.12.69-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23166 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org