CVE-2026-23166 — ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues

Add NULL pointer checks in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues() to prevent crashes during resume from suspend when rings[q_idx]->q_vector is NULL.

Tested adaptor: 60:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation Ethernet Controller E810-XXV for SFP [8086:159b] (rev 02) Subsystem: Intel Corporation Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXV-2 [8086:4003]

SR-IOV state: both disabled and enabled can reproduce this issue.

kernel version: v6.18

Reproduce steps: Boot up and execute suspend like systemctl suspend or rtcwake.

Log: <1>[ 231.443607] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000040 <1>[ 231.444052] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode <1>[ 231.444484] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page <6>[ 231.444913] PGD 0 P4D 0 <4>[ 231.445342] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI <4>[ 231.446635] RIP: 0010:netif_queue_set_napi+0xa/0x170 <4>[ 231.447067] Code: 31 f6 31 ff c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 85 c9 74 0b <48> 83 79 30 00 0f 84 39 01 00 00 55 41 89 d1 49 89 f8 89 f2 48 89 <4>[ 231.447513] RSP: 0018:ffffcc780fc078c0 EFLAGS: 00010202 <4>[ 231.447961] RAX: ffff8b848ca30400 RBX: ffff8b848caf2028 RCX: 0000000000000010 <4>[ 231.448443] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff8b848dbd4000 <4>[ 231.448896] RBP: ffffcc780fc078e8 R08: 00000…

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CVE-2026-23166 — ice: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_vsi_set_napi_queues