VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-39853

CVSS score7.1 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-09-19
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty list_first_entry() never returns NULL - if the list is empty, it still returns a pointer to an invalid object, leading to potential invalid memory access when dereferenced. Fix this by using list_first_entry_or_null instead of list_first_entry.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-125

Primary references