8.8

CVE-2025-39969: linux

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39969DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39969
Published 15-10-2025Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-39969 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 44 · Related 39
DLA-4379-1DLA-4404-1DSA-6053-1MGASA-2025-0309MGASA-2025-0310OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20091-1

Timeline

  1. 15-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources VF state I40E_VF_STATE_ACTIVE is not the only state in which VF is actually active so it should not be used to determine if a VF is allowed to obtain resources. Use I40E_VF_STATE_RESOURCES_LOADED that is set only in i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg() and cleared during reset.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu143 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-170.180 | < 6.8.0-106.106 | < 6.17.0-6.6
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1100.107 | < 6.8.0-1050.53 | < 6.17.0-1003.3
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.158-1 | < 6.12.57-1 | < 6.16.10-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 171527da84149c2c7aa6a60a64b09d24f3546298, < 185745d56ec958bf8aa773828213237dfcc32f5a | ≥ eb87117c27e729b0aeef4d72ed40d6a1761b0f68, < f47876788a23de296c42ef9d505b5c1630f0b4b8 | ≥ 2132643b956f553f5abddc9bae20dae267b082e0, < 8e35c80f8570426fe0f0cc92b151ebd835975f22 | ≥ 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, < 6c3981fd59ef11a75005ac9978f034da5a168b6a | ≥ 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, < e748f1ee493f88e38b77363a60499f979d42c58a | ≥ 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, < 6128bbc7adc25c87c2f64b5eb66a280b78ef7ab7 | ≥ 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, < a991dc56d3e9a2c3db87d0c3f03c24f6595400f1 | ≥ 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, < 877b7e6ffc23766448236e8732254534c518ba42 | ≥ 5.4.165, < 5.4.300 | ≥ 5.10.85, < 5.10.245 | ≥ 5.15.8, < 5.15.194 | 5.16

3 vendors · 145 products

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