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CVE-2025-39853
HIGH · CVSS 7.1
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-09-19T16:15:44.213 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:18:37.847

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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