CVE-2026-53289

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

ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_reset_all_vfs()

ice_reset_all_vfs() ignores the return value of ice_vf_rebuild_vsi().
When the VSI rebuild fails (e.g. during NVM firmware update via
nvmupdate64e), ice_vsi_rebuild() tears down the VSI on its error path,
leaving txq_map and rxq_map as NULL. The subsequent unconditional call
to ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() leads to a NULL pointer dereference in
ice_ena_vf_q_mappings() when it accesses vsi->txq_map[0].

The single-VF reset path in ice_reset_vf() already handles this
correctly by checking the return value of ice_vf_reconfig_vsi() and
skipping ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() on failure.

Apply the same pattern to ice_reset_all_vfs(): check the return value
of ice_vf_rebuild_vsi() and skip ice_vf_post_vsi_rebuild() and
ice_eswitch_attach_vf() on failure. The VF is left safely disabled
(ICE_VF_STATE_INIT not set, VFGEN_RSTAT not set to VFACTIVE) and can
be recovered via a VFLR triggered by a PCI reset of the VF
(sysfs reset or driver rebind).

Note that this patch does not prevent the VF VSI rebuild from failing
during NVM update — the underlying cause is firmware being in a
transitional state while the EMP reset is processed, which can cause
Admin Queue commands (ice_add_vsi, ice_cfg_vsi_lan) to fail. This
patch only prevents the subsequent NULL pointer dereference that
crashes the kernel when the rebuild does fail.

 crash> bt
     PID: 50795    TASK: ff34c9ee708dc680  CPU: 1    COMMAND: "kworker/u512:5"
      #0 [ff72159bcfe5bb50] machine_kexec at ffffffffaa8850ee
      #1 [ff72159bcfe5bba8] __crash_kexec at ffffffffaaa15fba
      #2 [ff72159bcfe5bc68] crash_kexec at ffffffffaaa16540
      #3 [ff72159bcfe5bc70] oops_end at ffffffffaa837eda
      #4 [ff72159bcfe5bc90] page_fault_oops at ffffffffaa893997
      #5 [ff72159bcfe5bce8] exc_page_fault at ffffffffab528595
      #6 [ff72159bcfe5bd10] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffffab600bb2
         [exception RIP: ice_ena_vf_q_mappings+0x79]
         RIP: ffffffffc0a85b29  RSP: ff72159bcfe5bdc8  RFLAGS: 00010206
         RAX: 00000000000f0000  RBX: ff34c9efc9c00000  RCX: 0000000000000000
         RDX: 0000000000000000  RSI: 0000000000000010  RDI: ff34c9efc9c00000
         RBP: ff34c9efc27d4828   R8: 0000000000000093   R9: 0000000000000040
         R10: ff34c9efc27d4828  R11: 0000000000000040  R12: 0000000000100000
         R13: 0000000000000010  R14:   R15:
         ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
      #7 [ff72159bcfe5bdf8] ice_sriov_post_vsi_rebuild at ffffffffc0a85e2e [ice]
      #8 [ff72159bcfe5be08] ice_reset_all_vfs at ffffffffc0a920b4 [ice]
      #9 [ff72159bcfe5be48] ice_service_task at ffffffffc0a31519 [ice]
     #10 [ff72159bcfe5be88] process_one_work at ffffffffaa93dca4
     #11 [ff72159bcfe5bec8] worker_thread at ffffffffaa93e9de
     #12 [ff72159bcfe5bf18] kthread at ffffffffaa946663
     #13 [ff72159bcfe5bf50] ret_from_fork at ffffffffaa8086b9

 The panic occurs attempting to dereference the NULL pointer in RDX at
 ice_sriov.c:294, which loads vsi->txq_map (offset 0x4b8 in ice_vsi).

 The faulting VSI is an allocated slab object but not fully initialized
 after a failed ice_vsi_rebuild():

  crash> struct ice_vsi 0xff34c9efc27d4828
    netdev = 0x0,
    rx_rings = 0x0,
    tx_rings = 0x0,
    q_vectors = 0x0,
    txq_map = 0x0,
    rxq_map = 0x0,
    alloc_txq = 0x10,
    num_txq = 0x10,
    alloc_rxq = 0x10,
    num_rxq = 0x10,

 The nvmupdate64e process was performing NVM firmware update:

  crash> bt 0xff34c9edd1a30000
  PID: 49858    TASK: ff34c9edd1a30000  CPU: 1    COMMAND: "nvmupdate64e"
   #0 [ff72159bcd617618] __schedule at ffffffffab5333f8
   #4 [ff72159bcd617750] ice_sq_send_cmd at ffffffffc0a35347 [ice]
   #5 [ff72159bcd6177a8] ice_sq_send_cmd_retry at ffffffffc0a35b47 [ice]
   #6 [ff72159bcd617810] ice_aq_send_cmd at ffffffffc0a38018 [ice]
   #7 [ff72159bcd617848] ice_aq_read_nvm at ffffffffc0a40254 [ice]
   #8 
---truncated---