{"cve":"CVE-2026-23117","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-14T15:16:06.830","modified":"2026-06-17T10:20:55.700","status":"Analyzed","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().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42fb5f3deb582cb96440e4683745017dbabb83d6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d99e2fbf01446d31a0d0dfc46444e915a1f6d4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23117","score":0.00116,"percentile":0.01608,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}