CVE-2026-22985

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:idpf: Fix RSS LUT null pointer crash on early ethtool operationsThe RSS LUT is not initialized until the interface comes up, causingthe following null pointer crash when ethtool operations like rxhash on/offare performed before the interface is brought up for the first time.Move RSS LUT initialization from ndo_open to vport creation to ensure LUTis always available. This enables RSS configuration via ethtool beforebringing the interface up. Simplify LUT management by maintaining allchanges in the drivers soft copy and programming zeros to the indirectiontable when rxhash is disabled. Defer HW programming until the interfacecomes up if it is down during rxhash and LUT configuration changes.Steps to reproduce:** Load idpf driver; interfaces will be createdmodprobe idpf** Before bringing the interfaces up, turn rxhash offethtool -K eth2 rxhash off[89408.371875] BUG: kernel null pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000[89408.371908] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode[89408.371924] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page[89408.371940] PGD 0 P4D 0[89408.371953] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI[89408.372052] RIP: 0010:memcpy_orig+0x16/0x130[89408.372310] Call Trace:[89408.372317] [89408.372326] idpf_set_features+0xfc/0x180 [idpf][89408.372363] __netdev_update_features+0x295/0xde0[89408.372384] ethnl_set_features+0x15e/0x460[89408.372406] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x11f/0x180[89408.372429] genl_rcv_msg+0x1ad/0x2b0[89408.372446] __pfx_ethnl_set_features+0x10/0x10[89408.372465] __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10[89408.372482] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x100[89408.372502] genl_rcv+0x2c/0x50[89408.372516] netlink_unicast+0x289/0x3e0[89408.372533] netlink_sendmsg+0x215/0x440[89408.372551] __sys_sendto+0x234/0x240[89408.372571] __x64_sys_sendto+0x28/0x30[89408.372585] x64_sys_call+0x1909/0x1da0[89408.372604] do_syscall_64+0x7a/0xfa0[89408.373140] clear_bhb_loop+0x60/0xb0[89408.373647] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e[89408.378887]

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https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234