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CVE-2025-39768: linux kernel from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.4 (exclusive), 6.17 · update rc1, 6.17 · update rc2; +1 more affected…
CVE-2025-39768. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.00131 (percentile 0.02441), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.4 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · 6.17 · update rc1
linux
linux kernel · 6.17 · update rc2
linux
Linux · 17e0accac577fd6ea2090934d71a8c6f36702a26 to before 37d54bc28d092bc3b314da45d730f00e9d86ec2a, 17e0accac577fd6ea2090934d71a8c6f36702a26 to before 4a842b1bf18a32ee0c25dd6dd98728b786a76fe4
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/steering/hws/bwc_complex.c
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-617
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00131 · percentile 0.02441 · 2026-10-19
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 01:44:01.123206+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-39768.html