# CVE-2026-43094: ixgbevf: add missing negotiate\_features op to Hyper-V ops table

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.83, 6.18, 6.18.24, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-05-06 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 871ac1cd4ce4804defcb428cbb003fd84c415ff4, fixed in 376d74ea03589914fbe2dedcbebf418396c04fd0; from 2e0aab9ddaf1428602c78f12064cd1e6ffcc4d18, fixed in d8a747057a17ffc79e31df1abb11d05e1669d8e5; from bf580112ed61736c2645a893413a04732505d4b1, fixed in 2270ebab53128fb73c4a70a292be09094074737f; from a7075f501bd33c93570af759b6f4302ef0175168, fixed in 4db7b61ec1d1b2b67c0881b62fc4f9583bc21484; from a7075f501bd33c93570af759b6f4302ef0175168, fixed in 1455ff8809843e6e83f1f5b5c0bcc2224c99a3cb; from a7075f501bd33c93570af759b6f4302ef0175168, fixed in 4821d563cd7f251ae728be1a6d04af82a294a5b9; from 6.1.158, fixed in 6.1.175; from 6.6.114, fixed in 6.6.136; from 6.12.55, fixed in 6.12.83; from 6.17.5, fixed in 6.18
- Linux: 6.18
- Kernel (Linux): fixed in 6.1.175; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.136; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.83; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.24; from 6.18.0, fixed in 6.19.14

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.175, 6.6.136, 6.12.83, 6.18, 6.18.24) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/376d74ea03589914fbe2dedcbebf418396c04fd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8a747057a17ffc79e31df1abb11d05e1669d8e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2270ebab53128fb73c4a70a292be09094074737f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4db7b61ec1d1b2b67c0881b62fc4f9583bc21484
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1455ff8809843e6e83f1f5b5c0bcc2224c99a3cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4821d563cd7f251ae728be1a6d04af82a294a5b9

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