8.8

CVE-2025-39970: linux

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39970DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39970
Published 15-10-2025Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-39970 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 45 · Related 40
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 input validation logic for action_meta Fix condition to check 'greater or equal' to prevent OOB dereference.

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≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < a88c1b2746eccf00e2094b187945f0f1e990b400 | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 28465770ca3b694286ff9ed6dfd558413f57d98f | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < f8c8e11825b24661596fa8db2f0981ba17ed0817 | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 461e0917eedcd159d87f3ea846754a1e07d7e78a | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 3883e9702b6a4945e93b16c070f338a9f5b496f9 | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 3118f41d8fa57b005f53ec3db2ba5eab1d7ba12b | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 560e1683410585fbd5df847f43433c4296f0d222 | ≥ e284fc280473bed23f2e1ed324e102a48f7d17e1, < 9739d5830497812b0bdeaee356ddefbe60830b88 | 4.17

3 vendors · 145 products

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