PT-2025-42246 · Linux+9 · Linux Kernel+9
Published
2025-09-18
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Updated
2026-05-07
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CVE-2025-39971
CVSS v2.0
6.0
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to index validation within configuration queues messaging in the i40e driver. Specifically, the issue occurs when iterating over
vf->ch[idx] in the i40e vc config queues msg() function, failing to ensure that the index (idx) is within the range of active and initialized traffic classes (TCs).Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
Improper Initialization
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Almalinux
Centos
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Rocky Linux
Suse
Ubuntu
I40E