CVE-2025-39897
net: xilinx: axienet: Add error handling for RX metadata pointer retrieval
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
2th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: xilinx: axienet: Add error handling for RX metadata pointer retrieval Add proper error checking for dmaengine_desc_get_metadata_ptr() which can return an error pointer and lead to potential crashes or undefined behaviour if the pointer retrieval fails. Properly handle the error by unmapping DMA buffer, freeing the skb and returning early to prevent further processing with invalid data.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Oct 1, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 < d0ecda6fdd840b406df6617b003b036f65dd8926 6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 < 92e2fc92bc4eb2bc0e84404316fbc02ddd0a3196 6a91b846af85a24241decd686269e8e038eb13d1 < 8bbceba7dc5090c00105e006ce28d1292cfda8dd
Linux / Linux
6.8