CVE-2025-39855 (GCVE-0-2025-39855)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-19 15:26
Modified
2025-09-19 15:26
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: fix NULL access of tx->in_use in ice_ptp_ts_irq The E810 device has support for a "low latency" firmware interface to access and read the Tx timestamps. This interface does not use the standard Tx timestamp logic, due to the latency overhead of proxying sideband command requests over the firmware AdminQ. The logic still makes use of the Tx timestamp tracking structure, ice_ptp_tx, as it uses the same "ready" bitmap to track which Tx timestamps complete. Unfortunately, the ice_ptp_ts_irq() function does not check if the tracker is initialized before its first access. This results in NULL dereference or use-after-free bugs similar to the following: [245977.278756] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [245977.278774] RIP: 0010:_find_first_bit+0x19/0x40 [245977.278796] Call Trace: [245977.278809] ? ice_misc_intr+0x364/0x380 [ice] This can occur if a Tx timestamp interrupt races with the driver reset logic. Fix this by only checking the in_use bitmap (and other fields) if the tracker is marked as initialized. The reset flow will clear the init field under lock before it tears the tracker down, thus preventing any use-after-free or NULL access.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Version: f9472aaabd1f38954938838a1146db4855ad88e8
Version: f9472aaabd1f38954938838a1146db4855ad88e8
Create a notification for this product.
   Linux Linux Version: 6.15
Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website


{
  "containers": {
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "lessThan": "1467a873b20110263cc9c93de99335d139c11e16",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "f9472aaabd1f38954938838a1146db4855ad88e8",
              "versionType": "git"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "403bf043d9340196e06769065169df7444b91f7a",
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "f9472aaabd1f38954938838a1146db4855ad88e8",
              "versionType": "git"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "product": "Linux",
          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_ptp.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "6.15"
            },
            {
              "lessThan": "6.15",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "0",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.16.*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.16.6",
              "versionType": "semver"
            },
            {
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "status": "unaffected",
              "version": "6.17-rc5",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "cpeApplicability": [
        {
          "nodes": [
            {
              "cpeMatch": [
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.16.6",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.15",
                  "vulnerable": true
                },
                {
                  "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                  "versionEndExcluding": "6.17-rc5",
                  "versionStartIncluding": "6.15",
                  "vulnerable": true
                }
              ],
              "negate": false,
              "operator": "OR"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: fix NULL access of tx-\u003ein_use in ice_ptp_ts_irq\n\nThe E810 device has support for a \"low latency\" firmware interface to\naccess and read the Tx timestamps. This interface does not use the standard\nTx timestamp logic, due to the latency overhead of proxying sideband\ncommand requests over the firmware AdminQ.\n\nThe logic still makes use of the Tx timestamp tracking structure,\nice_ptp_tx, as it uses the same \"ready\" bitmap to track which Tx\ntimestamps complete.\n\nUnfortunately, the ice_ptp_ts_irq() function does not check if the tracker\nis initialized before its first access. This results in NULL dereference or\nuse-after-free bugs similar to the following:\n\n[245977.278756] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\n[245977.278774] RIP: 0010:_find_first_bit+0x19/0x40\n[245977.278796] Call Trace:\n[245977.278809]  ? ice_misc_intr+0x364/0x380 [ice]\n\nThis can occur if a Tx timestamp interrupt races with the driver reset\nlogic.\n\nFix this by only checking the in_use bitmap (and other fields) if the\ntracker is marked as initialized. The reset flow will clear the init field\nunder lock before it tears the tracker down, thus preventing any\nuse-after-free or NULL access."
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-09-19T15:26:26.717Z",
        "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "shortName": "Linux"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1467a873b20110263cc9c93de99335d139c11e16"
        },
        {
          "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403bf043d9340196e06769065169df7444b91f7a"
        }
      ],
      "title": "ice: fix NULL access of tx-\u003ein_use in ice_ptp_ts_irq",
      "x_generator": {
        "engine": "bippy-1.2.0"
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
    "assignerShortName": "Linux",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-39855",
    "datePublished": "2025-09-19T15:26:26.717Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T07:20:57.142Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-09-19T15:26:26.717Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2025-39855\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\",\"published\":\"2025-09-19T16:15:44.437\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-09-19T16:15:44.437\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Received\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\\n\\nice: fix NULL access of tx-\u003ein_use in ice_ptp_ts_irq\\n\\nThe E810 device has support for a \\\"low latency\\\" firmware interface to\\naccess and read the Tx timestamps. This interface does not use the standard\\nTx timestamp logic, due to the latency overhead of proxying sideband\\ncommand requests over the firmware AdminQ.\\n\\nThe logic still makes use of the Tx timestamp tracking structure,\\nice_ptp_tx, as it uses the same \\\"ready\\\" bitmap to track which Tx\\ntimestamps complete.\\n\\nUnfortunately, the ice_ptp_ts_irq() function does not check if the tracker\\nis initialized before its first access. This results in NULL dereference or\\nuse-after-free bugs similar to the following:\\n\\n[245977.278756] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000\\n[245977.278774] RIP: 0010:_find_first_bit+0x19/0x40\\n[245977.278796] Call Trace:\\n[245977.278809]  ? ice_misc_intr+0x364/0x380 [ice]\\n\\nThis can occur if a Tx timestamp interrupt races with the driver reset\\nlogic.\\n\\nFix this by only checking the in_use bitmap (and other fields) if the\\ntracker is marked as initialized. The reset flow will clear the init field\\nunder lock before it tears the tracker down, thus preventing any\\nuse-after-free or NULL access.\"}],\"metrics\":{},\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1467a873b20110263cc9c93de99335d139c11e16\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"},{\"url\":\"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/403bf043d9340196e06769065169df7444b91f7a\",\"source\":\"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67\"}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.


Loading…

Loading…

Loading…

Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.


Loading…