CVE-2025-39969 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-39969

i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix validation of VF state in get resources VF state I40E_VF_STATE_ACTIVE is not the only state in which VF is actually active so it should not be used to determine if a VF is allowed to obtain resources. Use I40E_VF_STATE_RESOURCES_LOADED that is set only in i40e_vc_get_vf_resources_msg() and cleared during reset.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
171527da84149c2c7aa6a60a64b09d24f3546298, eb87117c27e729b0aeef4d72ed40d6a1761b0f68, 2132643b956f553f5abddc9bae20dae267b082e0, 61125b8be85dfbc7e9c7fe1cc6c6d631ab603516, 5.4.165, 5.10.85, 5.15.8, 5.16, 0, 5.4.300, 5.10.245, 5.15.194, 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50, 6.16.10, 6.17

Timeline

Official Publish: October 15th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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