High 8.8Published Oct 15, 2025

CVE-2025-39969i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:50 PM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources VF state I40E_VF_STATE_ACTIVE is not the only state in which VF is actually active so it should not be used to determine if a VF is allowed to obtain resources. Use I40E_VF_STATE_RESOURCES_LOADED that is set only in i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg() and cleared during reset.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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: 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 171527da84149c2c7aa6a60a64b09d24f3546298 before 185745d56ec958bf8aa773828213237dfcc32f5a; from eb87117c27e729b0aeef4d72ed40d6a1761b0f68 before f47876788a23de296c42ef9d505b5c1630f0b4b8; 2132643b956f553f5abddc9bae20dae267b082e0 builds before 8e35c80f8570426fe0f0cc92b151ebd835975f22; 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516 builds before 6c3981fd59ef11a75005ac9978f034da5a168b6a; from 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516 before e748f1ee493f88e38b77363a60499f979d42c58a; 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516 builds before 6128bbc7adc25c87c2f64b5eb66a280b78ef7ab7; from 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516 before a991dc56d3e9a2c3db87d0c3f03c24f6595400f1; 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516 builds before 877b7e6ffc23766448236e8732254534c518ba42; and 3 more ranges	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/185745d56ec958bf8aa773828213237dfcc32f5a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f47876788a23de296c42ef9d505b5c1630f0b4b8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e35c80f8570426fe0f0cc92b151ebd835975f22
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c3981fd59ef11a75005ac9978f034da5a168b6a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e748f1ee493f88e38b77363a60499f979d42c58a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6128bbc7adc25c87c2f64b5eb66a280b78ef7ab7
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a991dc56d3e9a2c3db87d0c3f03c24f6595400f1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/877b7e6ffc23766448236e8732254534c518ba42

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