CVE-2025-38526ice: add NULL check in eswitch lag check
Updated under an hour ago ()
Does this affect you?
It affects Linux and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.
Do this next
Free account, 1 product
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.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 15, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 776fe19953b0e0af00399e50fb3b205101d4b3c1 before 27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393b; 776fe19953b0e0af00399e50fb3b205101d4b3c1 builds before 5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379; from 776fe19953b0e0af00399e50fb3b205101d4b3c1 before 245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177; 776fe19953b0e0af00399e50fb3b205101d4b3c1 builds before 3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cf | CNA record |
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.6.1 before 6.6.100; from 6.7 before 6.12.40; from 6.13 before 6.15.8; 6.6; 6.6; 6.6; 6.16; 6.16; and 4 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393bpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cfpatch
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.