CVE-2026-23165
Not scored
sfc: fix deadlock in RSS config read
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.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
February 14, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-23165
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/590c8179ffb01c17644181408821b55b8704c50c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/944c614b0a7afa5b87612c3fb557b95a50ad654c
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23165.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23165