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.
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.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 |
Wed, 06 May 2026 09:30:00 +0000
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| 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. | |
| Title | ixgbevf: add missing negotiate_features op to Hyper-V ops table | |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-06T07:40:25.930Z
Reserved: 2026-05-01T14:12:55.984Z
Link: CVE-2026-43094
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-06T10:16:22.790
Modified: 2026-05-06T10:16:22.790
Link: CVE-2026-43094
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Updated: 2026-05-06T12:00:03Z
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