# CVE-2026-23045: net/ena: fix missing lock when update devlink params

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-04 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.17

## 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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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2c4bcfa193eef1b7457a56be9c47a8de015f225
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8da901ffe497a53fa4ecc3ceed0e6d771586f88e

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