CVE-2026-23045
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Missing Lock Vulnerability in Linux ENA Driver Causing Kernel Assert
Publication date: 2026-02-04
Last updated on: 2026-02-04
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/ena: fix missing lock when update devlink params
Fix assert lock warning while calling devl_param_driverinit_value_set()
in ena.
WARNING: net/devlink/core.c:261 at devl_assert_locked+0x62/0x90, CPU#0: kworker/0:0/9
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 9 Comm: kworker/0:0 Not tainted 6.19.0-rc2+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy)
Hardware name: Amazon EC2 m8i-flex.4xlarge/, BIOS 1.0 10/16/2017
Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
RIP: 0010:devl_assert_locked+0x62/0x90
Call Trace:
<TASK>
devl_param_driverinit_value_set+0x15/0x1c0
ena_devlink_alloc+0x18c/0x220 [ena]
? __pfx_ena_devlink_alloc+0x10/0x10 [ena]
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x18/0x140
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x8c/0x130
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5d/0x80
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x46/0x80
? devm_ioremap_wc+0x9a/0xd0
ena_probe+0x4d2/0x1b20 [ena]
? __lock_acquire+0x56a/0xbd0
? __pfx_ena_probe+0x10/0x10 [ena]
? local_clock+0x15/0x30
? __lock_release.isra.0+0x1c9/0x340
? mark_held_locks+0x40/0x70
? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare.part.0+0x92/0x170
? trace_hardirqs_on+0x18/0x140
? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x8c/0x130
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x5d/0x80
? __raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x46/0x80
? __pfx_ena_probe+0x10/0x10 [ena]
......
</TASK>
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| amazon | ena | * |
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Exploitability
CWE
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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This vulnerability is related to the Linux kernel's ena network driver. It involves a missing lock when updating devlink parameters, which caused an assertion lock warning during the execution of devl_param_driverinit_value_set() in the ena driver.
The issue was identified as a missing lock that led to a warning in the kernel logs, indicating potential concurrency or synchronization problems in the network driver code.
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