Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 23, 2025· Updated Jan 14, 2026
igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
CVE-2025-39875
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
The igb driver currently causes a NULL pointer dereference when executing the ethtool loopback test. This occurs because there is no associated q_vector for the test ring when it is set up, as interrupts are typically not added to the test rings.
Since commit 5ef44b3cb43b removed the napi_id assignment in __xdp_rxq_info_reg(), there is no longer a need to pass a napi_id to it. Therefore, simply use 0 as the last parameter.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 6.14
Patches
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