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CVE-2025-39853

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CVE-2025-39853

Published: Sep 19, 2025

Modified: May 12, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 - < 971feafe157afac443027acdc235badc6838560b
affected
e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 - < 3c6fb929afa313d9d11f780451d113f73922fe5d
affected
e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 - < 1eadabcf5623f1237a539b16586b4ed8ac8dffcd
affected
e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 - < e2a5e74879f9b494bbd66fa93f355feacde450c7
affected
e3219ce6a775468368fb270fae3eb82a6787b436 - < fb216d980fae6561c7c70af8ef826faf059c6515

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.6
unaffected
0 - < 4.6
unaffected
5.4.299 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.243 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.192 - <= 5.15.*

+5 more versions

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