CVE-2026-22993

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:idpf: Fix RSS LUT null ptr issue after soft resetDuring soft reset, the RSS LUT is freed and not restored unless theinterface is up. If an ethtool command that accesses the rss lut isattempted immediately after reset, it will result in null ptrdereference. Also, there is no need to reset the rss lut if the soft resetdoes not involve queue count change.After soft reset, set the RSS LUT to default values based on the updatedqueue count only if the reset was a result of a queue count change andthe LUT was not configured by the user. In all other cases, dont touchthe LUT.Steps to reproduce:** Bring the interface down (if up)ifconfig eth1 down** update the queue count (eg., 27->20)ethtool -L eth1 combined 20** display the RSS LUTethtool -x eth1[82375.558338] BUG: kernel null pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000[82375.558373] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode[82375.558391] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page[82375.558408] PGD 0 P4D 0[82375.558421] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI[82375.558516] RIP: 0010:idpf_get_rxfh+0x108/0x150 [idpf][82375.558786] Call Trace:[82375.558793] [82375.558804] rss_prepare.isra.0+0x187/0x2a0[82375.558827] rss_prepare_data+0x3a/0x50[82375.558845] ethnl_default_doit+0x13d/0x3e0[82375.558863] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x11f/0x180[82375.558886] genl_rcv_msg+0x1ad/0x2b0[82375.558902] __pfx_ethnl_default_doit+0x10/0x10[82375.558920] __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10[82375.558937] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x100[82375.558957] genl_rcv+0x2c/0x50[82375.558971] netlink_unicast+0x289/0x3e0[82375.558988] netlink_sendmsg+0x215/0x440[82375.559005] __sys_sendto+0x234/0x240[82375.559555] __x64_sys_sendto+0x28/0x30[82375.560068] x64_sys_call+0x1909/0x1da0[82375.560576] do_syscall_64+0x7a/0xfa0[82375.561076] clear_bhb_loop+0x60/0xb0[82375.561567] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

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References

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