High 7.3Published Oct 15, 2025

CVE-2025-39968i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 4:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: add max boundary check for VF filters There is no check for max filters that VF can request. Add it.

CVSS: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/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: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before 9176e18681cb0d34c5acc87bda224f5652af2ab8; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before e490d8c5a54e0dd1ab22417d72c3a7319cf0f030; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before 77a35be582dff4c80442ebcdce24d45eed8a6ce4; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before 02aae5fcdd34c3a55a243d80a1b328a35852a35c; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before edecce7abd7152b48e279b4fa0a883d1839bb577; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before d33e5d6631ac4fddda235a7815babc9d3f124299; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before 8b13df5aa877b9e4541e301a58a84c42d84d2d9a; from e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1 before cb79fa7118c150c3c76a327894bb2eb878c02619	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9176e18681cb0d34c5acc87bda224f5652af2ab8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e490d8c5a54e0dd1ab22417d72c3a7319cf0f030
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77a35be582dff4c80442ebcdce24d45eed8a6ce4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02aae5fcdd34c3a55a243d80a1b328a35852a35c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edecce7abd7152b48e279b4fa0a883d1839bb577
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d33e5d6631ac4fddda235a7815babc9d3f124299
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b13df5aa877b9e4541e301a58a84c42d84d2d9a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb79fa7118c150c3c76a327894bb2eb878c02619

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