CVE-2026-23042 json
idpf: fix aux device unplugging when rdma is not supported by vport
published 2026-02-04 9 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2026-5505
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: fix aux device unplugging when rdma is not supported by vport
If vport flags do not contain VIRTCHNL2_VPORT_ENABLE_RDMA, driver does not allocate vdev_info for this vport. This leads to kernel NULL pointer dereference in idpf_idc_vport_dev_down(), which references vdev_info for every vport regardless.
Check, if vdev_info was ever allocated before unplugging aux device.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.18.6, 6.19
- linux Debian 14 6.18.8-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23042
- linux-gcp-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
- linux-hwe-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1
- linux-oem-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1030.30
- linux-azure-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
- linux-nvidia-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1031.31
- linux-oracle-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3
- linux-realtime-6.17 Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23042
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- kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-obs-build Linux Micro Extras 6.2 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-default SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1.160000.2.8
- kernel-azure SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20873-1SUSE-SU-2026:20838-1SUSE-SU-2026:20931-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-azure openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.27.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:20416-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-23042 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: idpf: fix aux device unplugging when rdma is not supported by vport
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: no fix available
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-23042
- NVD CVE-2026-23042
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