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Unscored CVE-2023-54037 EUVD-2025-205130GHSA-fxpr-g6q4-mmqw

ice: prevent NULL pointer deref during reload

Published Dec 24, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ice: prevent NULL pointer deref during reload

Calling ethtool during reload can lead to call trace, because VSI isn't
configured for some time, but netdev is alive.

To fix it add rtnl lock for VSI deconfig and config. Set ::num_q_vectors
to 0 after freeing and add a check for ::tx/rx_rings in ring related
ethtool ops.

Add proper unroll of filters in ice_start_eth().

Reproduction:
$watch -n 0.1 -d 'ethtool -g enp24s0f0np0'
$devlink dev reload pci/0000:18:00.0 action driver_reinit

Call trace before fix:
[66303.926205] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000
[66303.926259] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[66303.926286] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[66303.926311] PGD 0 P4D 0
[66303.926332] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
[66303.926358] CPU: 4 PID: 933821 Comm: ethtool Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 6.4.0-rc5+ #1
[66303.926400] Hardware name: Intel Corporation S2600WFT/S2600WFT, BIOS SE5C620.86B.00.01.0014.070920180847 07/09/2018
[66303.926446] RIP: 0010:ice_get_ringparam+0x22/0x50 [ice]
[66303.926649] Code: 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 f3 0f 1e fa 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 87 c0 09 00 00 c7 46 04 e0 1f 00 00 c7 46 10 e0 1f 00 00 48 8b 50 20 <48> 8b 12 0f b7 52 3a 89 56 14 48 8b 40 28 48 8b 00 0f b7 40 58 48
[66303.926722] RSP: 0018:ffffad40472f39c8 EFLAGS: 00010246
[66303.926749] RAX: ffff98a8ada05828 RBX: ffff98a8c46dd060 RCX: ffffad40472f3b48
[66303.926781] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff98a8c46dd068 RDI: ffff98a8b23c4000
[66303.926811] RBP: ffffad40472f3b48 R08: 00000000000337b0 R09: 0000000000000000
[66303.926843] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000100 R12: ffff98a8b23c4000
[66303.926874] R13: ffff98a8c46dd060 R14: 000000000000000f R15: ffffad40472f3a50
[66303.926906] FS: 00007f6397966740(0000) GS:ffff98b390900000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[66303.926941] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[66303.926967] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000011ac20002 CR4: 00000000007706e0
[66303.926999] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[66303.927029] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[66303.927060] PKRU: 55555554
[66303.927075] Call Trace:
[66303.927094] <TASK>
[66303.927111] ? __die+0x23/0x70
[66303.927140] ? page_fault_oops+0x171/0x4e0
[66303.927176] ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
[66303.927209] ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x26/0x30
[66303.927244] ? ice_get_ringparam+0x22/0x50 [ice]
[66303.927433] rings_prepare_data+0x62/0x80
[66303.927469] ethnl_default_doit+0xe2/0x350
[66303.927501] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xe3/0x140
[66303.927538] genl_rcv_msg+0x1b1/0x2c0
[66303.927561] ? __pfx_ethnl_default_doit+0x10/0x10
[66303.927590] ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
[66303.927615] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x110
[66303.927644] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
[66303.927665] netlink_unicast+0x19e/0x290
[66303.927691] netlink_sendmsg+0x254/0x4d0
[66303.927717] sock_sendmsg+0x93/0xa0
[66303.927743] __sys_sendto+0x126/0x170
[66303.927780] __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30
[66303.928593] do_syscall_64+0x5d/0x90
[66303.929370] ? __count_memcg_events+0x60/0xa0
[66303.930146] ? count_memcg_events.constprop.0+0x1a/0x30
[66303.930920] ? handle_mm_fault+0x9e/0x350
[66303.931688] ? do_user_addr_fault+0x258/0x740
[66303.932452] ? exc_page_fault+0x7f/0x180
[66303.933193] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x72/0xdc

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 6.3 6.4.7

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.4.11-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.4.11-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9 RHSA-2023:7077
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.24.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1.150700.17.19.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 kernel-docs +4 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-39.1.21.16 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-40.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-39.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_8 1-150700.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_8 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_19 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.28.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.84.1.150600.12.38.1 SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1

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