FKIE_CVE-2025-39853

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-09-19 16:15 - Updated: 2025-11-03 18:16
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Summary
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.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1eadabcf5623f1237a539b16586b4ed8ac8dffcd
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c6fb929afa313d9d11f780451d113f73922fe5d
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66e7cdbda74ee823ec2bf7b830ebd235c54f5ddf
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/971feafe157afac443027acdc235badc6838560b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c21fc4cebd44dd21016c61261a683af390343f8
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a556f06338e1d5a85af0e32ecb46e365547f92b9
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2a5e74879f9b494bbd66fa93f355feacde450c7
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb216d980fae6561c7c70af8ef826faf059c6515
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ni40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty\n\nlist_first_entry() never returns NULL - if the list is empty, it still\nreturns a pointer to an invalid object, leading to potential invalid\nmemory access when dereferenced.\n\nFix this by using list_first_entry_or_null instead of list_first_entry."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2025-39853",
  "lastModified": "2025-11-03T18:16:50.560",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-09-19T16:15:44.213",
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    },
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      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"
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  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"
}


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