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.
History

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:30:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix null pointer dereference for ndev
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-29T06:01:09.666Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.142Z

Link: CVE-2025-39856

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No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-19T16:15:44.543

Modified: 2025-09-22T21:23:01.543

Link: CVE-2025-39856

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-39856 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-09-22T09:58:55Z