CVE-2026-43094

ixgbevf: add missing negotiate_features op to Hyper-V ops table

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 6, 2026 at 07:40 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 02:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbevf: add missing negotiate_features op to Hyper-V ops table Commit a7075f501bd3 ("ixgbevf: fix mailbox API compatibility by negotiating supported features") added the .negotiate_features callback to ixgbe_mac_operations and populated it in ixgbevf_mac_ops, but forgot to add it to ixgbevf_hv_mac_ops. This leaves the function pointer NULL on Hyper-V VMs. During probe, ixgbevf_negotiate_api() calls ixgbevf_set_features(), which unconditionally dereferences hw->mac.ops.negotiate_features(). On Hyper-V this results in a NULL pointer dereference: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [...] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine [...] Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn RIP: 0010:0x0 [...] Call Trace: ixgbevf_negotiate_api+0x66/0x160 [ixgbevf] ixgbevf_sw_init+0xe4/0x1f0 [ixgbevf] ixgbevf_probe+0x20f/0x4a0 [ixgbevf] local_pci_probe+0x50/0xa0 work_for_cpu_fn+0x1a/0x30 [...] Add ixgbevf_hv_negotiate_features_vf() that returns -EOPNOTSUPP and wire it into ixgbevf_hv_mac_ops. The caller already handles -EOPNOTSUPP gracefully.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.1.158 ≤ v < 6.26.12.55 ≤ v < 6.12.836.17.5 ≤ v < 6.186.18.1 ≤ v < 6.18.246.19 ≤ v < 6.19.146.6.114 ≤ v < 6.6.1362e0aab9ddaf1428602c78f12064cd1e6ffcc4d186.1.1586.12.556.17.56.186.18 rc26.18 rc36.18 rc46.18 rc56.18 rc66.18 rc76.6.1147.07.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.0 rc57.0 rc67.0 rc7871ac1cd4ce4804defcb428cbb003fd84c415ff4a376e29b1b196dc90b50df7e5e3947e3026300c4a7075f501bd33c93570af759b6f4302ef0175168bf580112ed61736c2645a893413a04732505d4b1
Vendor states this is fixed in 1455ff8809843e6e83f1f5b5c0bcc2224c99a3cb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2270ebab53128fb73c4a70a292be09094074737f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 376d74ea03589914fbe2dedcbebf418396c04fd0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4821d563cd7f251ae728be1a6d04af82a294a5b9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4db7b61ec1d1b2b67c0881b62fc4f9583bc21484 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d8a747057a17ffc79e31df1abb11d05e1669d8e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.83 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.24 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.19.14 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.136 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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