CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39856

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the am65-cpsw-nuss driver has a NULL pointer dereference for ndev in the TX completion stage on TI SoCs with the CPSW2G instance. If no TX packets have been processed, ndev is not initialized, leading to a NULL dereference and kernel crash. The fix adds a check on the number of processed TX packets.

Risk Assessment

This can cause a kernel crash on devices with TI SoCs using CPSW2G, leading to service unavailability and potential data loss. Exploitation requires local access or specific network traffic conditions.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for this CVE. If updating is not possible, consider limiting exposure of devices with this SoC.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix null pointer dereference for ndev In the TX completion packet stage of TI SoCs with CPSW2G instance, which has single external ethernet port, ndev is accessed without being initialized if no TX packets have been processed. It results into null pointer dereference, causing kernel to crash. Fix this by having a check on the number of TX packets which have been processed.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS