CVE-2025-39971 (GCVE-0-2025-39971)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-15 07:55 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg
Ensure idx is within range of active/initialized TCs when iterating over
vf->ch[idx] in i40e_vc_config_queues_msg().
Severity
8.8 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-16 15:52 UTC
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < a6ff2af78343eceb0f77ab1a2fe802183bc21648
(git)
Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < f5f91d164af22e7147130ef8bebbdb28d8ecc6e2 (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < 1fa0aadade34481c567cdf4a897c0d4e4d548bd1 (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < 8b9c7719b0987b1c6c5fc910599f3618a558dbde (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < 2cc26dac0518d2fa9b67ec813ee60e183480f98a (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < bfcc1dff429d4b99ba03e40ddacc68ea4be2b32b (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < 5c1f96123113e0bdc6d8dc2b0830184c93da9f65 (git) Affected: c27eac48160de72dee33d42b5a33cc7b8a2eb1f5 , < f1ad24c5abe1eaef69158bac1405a74b3c365115 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.17 (semver) Unaffected: 5.4.300 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.245 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.194 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.155 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.109 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.50 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.10 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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