CVE-2025-39972: Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix idx validation in i40e_validate_queue_map Ensure idx is within range of active/initialized TCs when iterating over vf->ch[idx] in i40e_validate_queue_map().

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.17, before 5.4.300 (fixed in 5.4.300); from 5.5, before 5.10.245 (fixed in 5.10.245); from 5.11, before 5.15.194 (fixed in 5.15.194); from 5.16, before 6.1.155 (fixed in 6.1.155); from 6.2, before 6.6.109 (fixed in 6.6.109); from 6.7, before 6.12.50 (fixed in 6.12.50); …

Published 2025-10-15. Last modified 2026-07-30.