CVE-2025-39814

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 6.16-6.16.4 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ice_unplug_aux_dev

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix NULL pointer dereference in ice_unplug_aux_dev() on reset Issuing a reset when the driver is loaded without RDMA support, will results in a crash as it attempts to remove RDMA's non-existent auxbus device: echo 1 > /sys/class/net/<if>/device/reset BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008 ... RIP: 0010:ice_unplug_aux_dev+0x29/0x70 [ice] ... Call Trace: <TASK> ice_prepare_for_reset+0x77/0x260 [ice] pci_dev_save_and_disable+0x2c/0x70 pci_reset_function+0x88/0x130 reset_store+0x5a/0xa0 kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x15e/0x210 vfs_write+0x273/0x520 ksys_write+0x6b/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x79/0x3b0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ice_unplug_aux_dev() checks pf->cdev_info->adev for NULL pointer, but pf->cdev_info will also be NULL, leading to the deref in the trace above. Introduce a flag to be set when the creation of the auxbus device is successful, to avoid multiple NULL pointer checks in ice_unplug_aux_dev().

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.5linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16.5 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux c24a65b6a27c78d8540409800886b6622ea86ebf - 60dfe2434eed13082f26eb7409665dfafb38fa51
Linux/Linux c24a65b6a27c78d8540409800886b6622ea86ebf - db783756a7d7cfaea039411971d0dc0a374e85cb
linux/linux_kernel 6.17 rc1 (3 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel 6.16 - 6.16.5
Published Sep 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026