High 7.8Published Oct 1, 2025

CVE-2025-39911i40e: fix IRQ freeing in i40e_vsi_request_irq_msix error path

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 6:40 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 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.

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
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: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 builds before 13ab9adef3cd386511c930a9660ae06595007f89; 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 builds before 6e4016c0dca53afc71e3b99e24252b63417395df; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before b9721a023df38cf44a88f2739b4cf51efd051f85; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before b905b2acb3a0bbb08ad9be9984d8cdabdf827315; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before 23431998a37764c464737b855c71a81d50992e98; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before a30afd6617c30aaa338d1dbcb1e34e7a1890085c; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before c62580674ce5feb1be4f90b5873ff3ce50e0a1db; from 493fb30011b3ab5173cef96f1d1ce126da051792 before 915470e1b44e71d1dd07ee067276f003c3521ee3	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 3.13 before 5.4.300; from 5.5 before 5.10.245; from 5.11 before 5.15.194; from 5.16 before 6.1.153; from 6.2 before 6.6.107; from 6.7 before 6.12.48; from 6.13 before 6.16.8; 6.17; and 4 more ranges	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	11.0	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13ab9adef3cd386511c930a9660ae06595007f89	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e4016c0dca53afc71e3b99e24252b63417395df	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9721a023df38cf44a88f2739b4cf51efd051f85	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b905b2acb3a0bbb08ad9be9984d8cdabdf827315	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23431998a37764c464737b855c71a81d50992e98	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a30afd6617c30aaa338d1dbcb1e34e7a1890085c	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c62580674ce5feb1be4f90b5873ff3ce50e0a1db	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/915470e1b44e71d1dd07ee067276f003c3521ee3	patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html	third-party-advisory

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