CVE-2026-23165

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sfc: fix deadlock in RSS config read Since cited commit, core locks the net_device's rss_lock when handling ethtool -x command, so driver's implementation should not lock it again. Remove the latter.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944c614b0a7afa5b87612c3fb557b95a50ad654c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/590c8179ffb01c17644181408821b55b8704c50c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-02-14

Updated: 2026-02-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium