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High 7.5Published Oct 1, 2025

CVE-2025-39897net: xilinx: axienet: Add error handling for RX metadata pointer retrieval

Updated under an hour ago ()

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It affects Linux and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: xilinx: axienet: Add error handling for RX metadata pointer retrieval Add proper error checking for dmaengine_desc_get_metadata_ptr() which can return an error pointer and lead to potential crashes or undefined behaviour if the pointer retrieval fails. Properly handle the error by unmapping DMA buffer, freeing the skb and returning early to prevent further processing with invalid data.

CVSS
7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-476
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Modified
Record last updated
Aug 5, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 before d0ecda6fdd840b406df6617b003b036f65dd8926; from 6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 before 92e2fc92bc4eb2bc0e84404316fbc02ddd0a3196; from 6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 before 8bbceba7dc5090c00105e006ce28d1292cfda8dd
CNA record
linux linux_kernel
linux:linux_kernel
from 6.8 before 6.12.46; from 6.13 before 6.16.6; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17; 6.17
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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