CVE-2026-23165
Description
A deadlock vulnerability was found in the Solarflare (sfc) network driver. When reading RSS configuration via ethtool -x, the driver attempts to acquire the rss_lock that is already held by the networking core, causing a deadlock and system hang.
Statement
This deadlock affects systems with Solarflare NICs when querying RSS settings via ethtool. Any local user with access to network configuration can trigger the hang. The fix is straightforward — remove the redundant lock acquisition in the driver.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.5 | 5.5 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Local | Local | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | N/A |
| User Interaction | None | None | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | None | None | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | None | None | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Availability,Integrity
Technical Impact: DoS: Resource Consumption (CPU); DoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart; Unexpected State
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