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high 7.1

CVE-2025-39853 json

i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty

published 2025-09-19 13 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2025-30347

cvss
7.1
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits
0
none known

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.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.299, 5.10.243, 5.15.192, 6.1.151, 6.6.105, 6.12.46, 6.16.6, 6.17
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) V3.3
  • Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 V5.0
  • linux Debian 12 6.1.153-1
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.48-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.16.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39853

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-163.173
  • linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-106.106
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1097.104
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1050.53
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1097.106
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1052.55
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1093.99
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1048.53

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39853

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
  • kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1SUSE-SU-2025:4141-1SUSE-SU-2025:4132-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1

  • kernel Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.112.1-1
  • kernel CBL-Mariner 2.0 5.15.200.1-1

azure linux advisories AZL-67523AZL-74847

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-39853 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: i40e: Fix potential invalid access when MAC list is empty

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-043-06 updated cvss 5.5

Siemens SINEC OS

  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P (6GK6242-6PA00) < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3 support.industry.siemens.com
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2EC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM324 (6GK5324-8TS01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM328 (6GK5328-4TS01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XCM332 (6GK5332-0GA01-2AC2) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC) (6GK5334-2TS01-2ER3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-4AR3) < 3.3
    +8 more products
    Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-4AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-4AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-2AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO) (6GK5334-2TS01-3AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO) (6GK5334-3TS01-3AR3) < 3.3 Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+) (6GK5334-5TS01-3AR3) < 3.3
    affected: fixed in V3.3 support.industry.siemens.com

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux
  • Siemens RUGGEDCOM RST2428P
  • Siemens SCALANCE XC-300/XR-300/XC-400/XR-500WG/XR-500 family
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCH328
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM324
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM328
  • Siemens SCALANCE XCM332
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRH334 (24 V DC, 8xFO, CC)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230 V AC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24 V DC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (24V DC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 12xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230 V AC, 8xFO)
  • Siemens SCALANCE XRM334 (2x230V AC, 2x10G, 24xSFP, 8xSFP+)
  • Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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