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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-09-19T15:26:27.431Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-14T19:23:13.108Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-39856 vulnerability.

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Linux
  • Linux Kernel
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/485302905bada953aadfe063320d73c892a66cbb cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6099f263e1f408bcc7913c9df24b0677164fc5d cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091905-CVE-2025-39856-cca3@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39856 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39856 cve-icon
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