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  - i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path If request_irq() in     i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix() fails in an iteration later than the first, the error path wants to free the     IRQs requested so far. However, it uses the wrong dev_id argument for free_irq(), so it does not free the     IRQs correctly and instead triggers the warning: Trying to free already-free IRQ 173 WARNING: CPU: 25 PID:
    1091 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1829 __free_irq+0x192/0x2c0 Modules linked in: i40e(+) [...] CPU: 25 UID: 0     PID: 1091 Comm: NetworkManager Not tainted 6.17.0-rc1+ #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: [...] RIP:
    0010:__free_irq+0x192/0x2c0 [...] Call Trace: <TASK> free_irq+0x32/0x70     i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix.cold+0x63/0x8b [i40e] i40e_vsi_request_irq+0x79/0x80 [i40e]     i40e_vsi_open+0x21f/0x2f0 [i40e] i40e_open+0x63/0x130 [i40e] __dev_open+0xfc/0x210
    __dev_change_flags+0x1fc/0x240 netif_change_flags+0x27/0x70 do_setlink.isra.0+0x341/0xc70     rtnl_newlink+0x468/0x860 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x375/0x450 netlink_rcv_skb+0x5c/0x110     netlink_unicast+0x288/0x3c0 netlink_sendmsg+0x20d/0x430 ____sys_sendmsg+0x3a2/0x3d0
    ___sys_sendmsg+0x99/0xe0 __sys_sendmsg+0x8a/0xf0 do_syscall_64+0x82/0x2c0     entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e [...] </TASK> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Use the same     dev_id for free_irq() as for request_irq(). I tested this with inserting code to fail intentionally.
    (CVE-2025-39911)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
266289	Photon OS 5.0: Linux PHSA-2025-5.0-0630	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	9/30/2025	10/11/2025	high
269656	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-39911	Nessus	Misc.	10/8/2025	10/8/2025	critical

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