CVE-2025-39875 (GCVE-0-2025-39875)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-23 06:00 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:38
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
The igb driver currently causes a NULL pointer dereference when executing
the ethtool loopback test. This occurs because there is no associated
q_vector for the test ring when it is set up, as interrupts are typically
not added to the test rings.
Since commit 5ef44b3cb43b removed the napi_id assignment in
__xdp_rxq_info_reg(), there is no longer a need to pass a napi_id to it.
Therefore, simply use 0 as the last parameter.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-01-14 19:24 UTC
CWE
- CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
2c6196013f84651772388a86dfd4bb033d0c0d45 , < 473be7d39efd3be383e9c0c8e44b53508b4ffeb5
(git)
Affected: 2c6196013f84651772388a86dfd4bb033d0c0d45 , < 75871a525a596ff4d16c4aebc0018f8d0923c9b1 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.8 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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