{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-23173 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-23173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 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-2026-23173 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-23173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 14 Feb 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-2026-23173 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-2026-23173/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23173/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-23173","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23173/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-23173","record":{"aliases":["AZL-77742","BELL-CVE-2026-23173","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23173","GHSA-5vr5-28pm-p634","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-23173","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23173"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Mellanox mlx5e driver causes a kernel crash when deleting traffic control flows for non-existent peers.","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: TC, delete flows only for existing peers\n\nWhen deleting TC steering flows, iterate only over actual devcom\npeers instead of assuming all possible ports exist. This avoids\ntouching non-existent peers and ensures cleanup is limited to\ndevices the driver is currently connected to.\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008\n #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n PGD 133c8a067 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP\n CPU: 19 UID: 0 PID: 2169 Comm: tc Not tainted 6.18.0+ #156 NONE\n Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:mlx5e_tc_del_fdb_peers_flow+0xbe/0x200 [mlx5_core]\n Code: 00 00 a8 08 74 a8 49 8b 46 18 f6 c4 02 74 9f 4c 8d bf a0 12 00 00 4c 89 ff e8 0e e7 96 e1 49 8b 44 24 08 49 8b 0c 24 4c 89 ff \u003c48\u003e 89 41 08 48 89 08 49 89 2c 24 49 89 5c 24 08 e8 7d ce 96 e1 49\n RSP: 0018:ff11000143867528 EFLAGS: 00010246\n RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: dead000000000122 RCX: 0000000000000000\n RDX: ff11000143691580 RSI: ff110001026e5000 RDI: ff11000106f3d2a0\n RBP: dead000000000100 R08: 00000000000003fd R09: 0000000000000002\n R10: ff11000101c75690 R11: ff1100085faea178 R12: ff11000115f0ae78\n R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ff11000115f0a800 R15: ff11000106f3d2a0\n FS:  00007f35236bf740(0000) GS:ff110008dc809000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 0000000157a01001 CR4: 0000000000373eb0\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  mlx5e_tc_del_flow+0x46/0x270 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5e_flow_put+0x25/0x50 [mlx5_core]\n  mlx5e_delete_flower+0x2a6/0x3e0 [mlx5_core]\n  tc_setup_cb_reoffload+0x20/0x80\n  fl_reoffload+0x26f/0x2f0 [cls_flower]\n  ? mlx5e_tc_reoffload_flows_work+0xc0/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n  ? mlx5e_tc_reoffload_flows_work+0xc0/0xc0 [mlx5_core]\n  tcf_block_playback_offloads+0x9e/0x1c0\n  tcf_block_unbind+0x7b/0xd0\n  tcf_block_setup+0x186/0x1d0\n  tcf_block_offload_cmd.isra.0+0xef/0x130\n  tcf_block_offload_unbind+0x43/0x70\n  __tcf_block_put+0x85/0x160\n  ingress_destroy+0x32/0x110 [sch_ingress]\n  __qdisc_destroy+0x44/0x100\n  qdisc_graft+0x22b/0x610\n  tc_get_qdisc+0x183/0x4d0\n  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2d7/0x3d0\n  ? rtnl_calcit.isra.0+0x100/0x100\n  netlink_rcv_skb+0x53/0x100\n  netlink_unicast+0x249/0x320\n  ? __alloc_skb+0x102/0x1f0\n  netlink_sendmsg+0x1e3/0x420\n  __sock_sendmsg+0x38/0x60\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1ef/0x230\n  ? copy_msghdr_from_user+0x6c/0xa0\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x7f/0xc0\n  ? ___sys_recvmsg+0x8a/0xc0\n  ? __sys_sendto+0x119/0x180\n  __sys_sendmsg+0x61/0xb0\n  do_syscall_64+0x55/0x640\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53\n RIP: 0033:0x7f35238bb764\n Code: 15 b9 86 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 02 b8 ff ff ff ff eb bf 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 80 3d e5 08 0d 00 00 74 13 b8 2e 00 00 00 0f 05 \u003c48\u003e 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 4c c3 0f 1f 00 55 48 89 e5 48 83 ec 20 89 55\n RSP: 002b:00007ffed4c35638 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000002e\n RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055a2efcc75e0 RCX: 00007f35238bb764\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00007ffed4c356a0 RDI: 0000000000000003\n RBP: 00007ffed4c35710 R08: 0000000000000010 R09: 00007f3523984b20\n R10: 0000000000000004 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 00007ffed4c35790\n R13: 000000006947df8f R14: 000055a2efcc75e0 R15: 00007ffed4c35780","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: TC, delete flows only for existing peers","id":"CVE-2026-23173","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":4,"next":{"headline":"nvme-pci: handle changing device dma map requirements","id":"CVE-2026-23174"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net: wwan: t7xx: fix potential skb-\u003efrags overflow in RX path","id":"CVE-2026-23172"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-02-14","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 null pointer dereference in the Mellanox mlx5e driver causes a kernel crash when deleting traffic control flows for non-existent peers.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23173/"}