# CVE-2024-26854: ice: fix uninitialized dplls mutex usage
> A race condition in the Intel ice network driver causes a kernel warning and potential crash due to using an uninitialized mutex during initialization.
- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 17 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-26854, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-26854, GHSA-gw9v-f3c7-qfqv, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-26854
## What is CVE-2024-26854?
CVE-2024-26854 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
### Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ice: fix uninitialized dplls mutex usage
The pf->dplls.lock mutex is initialized too late, after its first use.
Move it to the top of ice_dpll_init.
Note that the "err_exit" error path destroys the mutex. And the mutex is
the last thing destroyed in ice_dpll_deinit.
This fixes the following warning with CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES:
ice 0000:10:00.0: The DDP package was successfully loaded: ICE OS Default Package version 1.3.36.0
ice 0000:10:00.0: 252.048 Gb/s available PCIe bandwidth (16.0 GT/s PCIe x16 link)
ice 0000:10:00.0: PTP init successful
------------[ cut here ]------------
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(lock->magic != lock)
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 410 at kernel/locking/mutex.c:587 __mutex_lock+0x773/0xd40
Modules linked in: crct10dif_pclmul crc32_pclmul crc32c_intel polyval_clmulni polyval_generic ice(+) nvme nvme_c>
CPU: 0 PID: 410 Comm: kworker/0:4 Not tainted 6.8.0-rc5+ #3
Hardware name: HPE ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus/ProLiant DL110 Gen10 Plus, BIOS U56 10/19/2023
Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
RIP: 0010:__mutex_lock+0x773/0xd40
Code: c0 0f 84 1d f9 ff ff 44 8b 35 0d 9c 69 01 45 85 f6 0f 85 0d f9 ff ff 48 c7 c6 12 a2 a9 85 48 c7 c7 12 f1 a>
RSP: 0018:ff7eb1a3417a7ae0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff85ac2bff RDI: 00000000ffffffff
RBP: ff7eb1a3417a7b80 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 00000000ffffbfff
R10: ff7eb1a3417a7978 R11: ff32b80f7fd2e568 R12: 0000000000000000
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ff32b7f02c50e0d8
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff32b80efe800000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 000055b5852cc000 CR3: 000000003c43a004 CR4: 0000000000771ef0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
PKRU: 55555554
Call Trace:
? __warn+0x84/0x170
? __mutex_lock+0x773/0xd40
? report_bug+0x1c7/0x1d0
? prb_read_valid+0x1b/0x30
? handle_bug+0x42/0x70
? exc_invalid_op+0x18/0x70
? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
? __mutex_lock+0x773/0xd40
? rcu_is_watching+0x11/0x50
? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x346/0x490
? ice_dpll_lock_status_get+0x28/0x50 [ice]
? __pfx_ice_dpll_lock_status_get+0x10/0x10 [ice]
? ice_dpll_lock_status_get+0x28/0x50 [ice]
ice_dpll_lock_status_get+0x28/0x50 [ice]
dpll_device_get_one+0x14f/0x2e0
dpll_device_event_send+0x7d/0x150
dpll_device_register+0x124/0x180
ice_dpll_init_dpll+0x7b/0xd0 [ice]
ice_dpll_init+0x224/0xa40 [ice]
? _dev_info+0x70/0x90
ice_load+0x468/0x690 [ice]
ice_probe+0x75b/0xa10 [ice]
? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x4f/0x80
? process_one_work+0x1a3/0x500
local_pci_probe+0x47/0xa0
work_for_cpu_fn+0x17/0x30
process_one_work+0x20d/0x500
worker_thread+0x1df/0x3e0
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0x103/0x140
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x31/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
irq event stamp: 125197
hardirqs last enabled at (125197): [] finish_task_switch.isra.0+0x12d/0x3d0
hardirqs last disabled at (125196): [] __schedule+0xea4/0x19f0
softirqs last enabled at (105334): [] napi_get_frags_check+0x1a/0x60
softirqs last disabled at (105332): [] napi_get_frags_check+0x1a/0x60
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-26854?
It affects 1 product.
Products: Linux kernel.
## How do I fix CVE-2024-26854?
Apply the vendor's patch.
## Is CVE-2024-26854 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26854 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents
```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-26854 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2024-26854 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Apr 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-26854 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26854/index.md)
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## Sources
- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-26854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-26854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-26854
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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26854/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.