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CVE-2025-38526
"Ice NULL Pointer Dereference Vulnerability"
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: add NULL check in eswitch lag check The function ice_lag_is_switchdev_running() is being called from outside of the LAG event handler code. This results in the lag->upper_netdev being NULL sometimes. To avoid a NULL-pointer dereference, there needs to be a check before it is dereferenced.

INFO

Published Date :

Aug. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

Aug. 18, 2025, 8:16 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linux linux_kernel
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379
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  • New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Aug. 16, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: add NULL check in eswitch lag check The function ice_lag_is_switchdev_running() is being called from outside of the LAG event handler code. This results in the lag->upper_netdev being NULL sometimes. To avoid a NULL-pointer dereference, there needs to be a check before it is dereferenced.
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393b
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cf
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379
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