CVE-2025-39990

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Check the helper function is valid in get_helper_proto kernel test robot reported verifier bug [1] where the helper func pointer could be NULL due to disabled config option. As Alexei suggested we could check on that in get_helper_proto directly. Marking tail_call helper func with BPF_PTR_POISON, because it is unused by design. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/oe-lkp/[email protected]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4414b01c1cd9887bbde92f946c1ba94e40d6d64

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6233715b4b714068d6c831d214a4e8792109875a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d429cb1278e995e22995ef117fa96d223a67e93

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-10-15

Updated: 2025-10-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

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: 0.00017