{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23000 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-23000 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23000 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 25 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23000 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23000/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23000/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23000","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23000/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23000","record":{"aliases":["AZL-77343","AZL-78324","BELL-CVE-2026-23000","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23000","GHSA-hg87-qqvm-4pr4","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-23000","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2026-23000","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-23000","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23000","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23000"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":true,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by repeatedly attempting to enable switchdev mode after a previous failure, causing a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix crash on profile change rollback failure\n\nmlx5e_netdev_change_profile can fail to attach a new profile and can\nfail to rollback to old profile, in such case, we could end up with a\ndangling netdev with a fully reset netdev_priv. A retry to change\nprofile, e.g. another attempt to call mlx5e_netdev_change_profile via\nswitchdev mode change, will crash trying to access the now NULL\npriv-\u003emdev.\n\nThis fix allows mlx5e_netdev_change_profile() to handle previous\nfailures and an empty priv, by not assuming priv is valid.\n\nPass netdev and mdev to all flows requiring\nmlx5e_netdev_change_profile() and avoid passing priv.\nIn mlx5e_netdev_change_profile() check if current priv is valid, and if\nnot, just attach the new profile without trying to access the old one.\n\nThis fixes the following oops, when enabling switchdev mode for the 2nd\ntime after first time failure:\n\n ## Enabling switchdev mode first time:\n\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: E-Switch: Supported tc chains and prios offload\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: new profile init failed, -12\nworkqueue: Failed to create a rescuer kthread for wq \"mlx5e\": -EINTR\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1: mlx5e_netdev_init_profile:6214:(pid 37199): mlx5e_priv_init failed, err=-12\nmlx5_core 0012:03:00.1 gpu3rdma1: mlx5e_netdev_change_profile: failed to rollback to orig profile, -12\n                                                                         ^^^^^^^^\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Disable: mode(LEGACY), nvfs(0), necvfs(0), active vports(0)\n\n ## retry: Enabling switchdev mode 2nd time:\n\nmlx5_core 0000:00:03.0: E-Switch: Supported tc chains and prios offload\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000038\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 13 UID: 0 PID: 520 Comm: devlink Not tainted 6.18.0-rc4+ #91 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:mlx5e_detach_netdev+0x3c/0x90\nCode: 50 00 00 f0 80 4f 78 02 48 8b bf e8 07 00 00 48 85 ff 74 16 48 8b 73 78 48 d1 ee 83 e6 01 83 f6 01 40 0f b6 f6 e8 c4 42 00 00 \u003c48\u003e 8b 45 38 48 85 c0 74 08 48 89 df e8 cc 47 40 1e 48 8b bb f0 07\nRSP: 0018:ffffc90000673890 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8881036a89c0 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: ffff888113f63800 RSI: ffffffff822fe720 RDI: 0000000000000000\nRBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000002dcd R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: ffffc900006738e8 R11: 00000000ffffffff R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff8881036a89c0 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  00007fdfb8384740(0000) GS:ffff88856a9d6000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 0000000000000038 CR3: 0000000112ae0005 CR4: 0000000000370ef0\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n mlx5e_netdev_change_profile+0x45/0xb0\n mlx5e_vport_rep_load+0x27b/0x2d0\n mlx5_esw_offloads_rep_load+0x72/0xf0\n esw_offloads_enable+0x5d0/0x970\n mlx5_eswitch_enable_locked+0x349/0x430\n ? is_mp_supported+0x57/0xb0\n mlx5_devlink_eswitch_mode_set+0x26b/0x430\n devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x6f/0xf0\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0xe8/0x140\n genl_rcv_msg+0x18b/0x290\n ? __pfx_devlink_nl_pre_doit+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_devlink_nl_eswitch_set_doit+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_devlink_nl_post_doit+0x10/0x10\n ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x52/0x100\n genl_rcv+0x28/0x40\n netlink_unicast+0x282/0x3e0\n ? __alloc_skb+0xd6/0x190\n netlink_sendmsg+0x1f7/0x430\n __sys_sendto+0x213/0x220\n ? __sys_recvmsg+0x6a/0xd0\n __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30\n do_syscall_64+0x50/0x1f0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\nRIP: 0033:0x7fdfb8495047","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"net/mlx5e: Fix crash on profile change rollback failure","id":"CVE-2026-23000","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"macvlan: fix possible UAF in macvlan_forward_source()","id":"CVE-2026-23001"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net/sched: sch_qfq: do not free existing class in qfq_change_class()","id":"CVE-2026-22999"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-01-25","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by repeatedly attempting to enable switchdev mode after a previous failure, causing a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23000/"}