CVE-2025-39858

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: mlx4: Fix IS_ERR() vs NULL check bug in mlx4_en_create_rx_ring Replace NULL check with IS_ERR() check after calling page_pool_create() since this function returns error pointers (ERR_PTR). Using NULL check could lead to invalid pointer dereference.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e580beaf43d563aaf457f1c7f934002355ebfe7b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b77d8841a98a9f45c8a615222c698df8dec581c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-19

Updated: 2025-09-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018