CVE-2025-39854

ice: fix NULL access of tx->in_use in ice_ll_ts_intr

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 19, 2025 at 03:26 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix NULL access of tx->in_use in ice_ll_ts_intr Recent versions of the E810 firmware have support for an extra interrupt to handle report of the "low latency" Tx timestamps coming from the specialized low latency firmware interface. Instead of polling the registers, software can wait until the low latency interrupt is fired. This logic makes use of the Tx timestamp tracking structure, ice_ptp_tx, as it uses the same "ready" bitmap to track which Tx timestamps complete. Unfortunately, the ice_ll_ts_intr() function does not check if the tracker is initialized before its first access. This results in NULL dereference or use-after-free bugs similar to the issues fixed in the ice_ptp_ts_irq() function. Fix this by only checking the in_use bitmap (and other fields) if the tracker is marked as initialized. The reset flow will clear the init field under lock before it tears the tracker down, thus preventing any use-after-free or NULL access.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.16.66.8 ≤ v < 6.12.466.176.17 rc16.17 rc26.17 rc36.17 rc46.882e71b226e0ef770d7bc143701c8b4960b4eb3d5
Vendor states this is fixed in 2cde98a02da958357fe240a6ba269b69d913b6ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 923c267bdbb64f65bc1149d184efcf8b047d7d64 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f6486338fde3f04ed0ec59fe67a69a208c32734f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.46 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.8 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-416

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