Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 19, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix null pointer dereference for ndev
CVE-2025-39856
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.15
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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