igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.16.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-39875
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 16:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
igb: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ethtool loopback test
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 23 Sept 2025, 06:00 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-39875
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.16.8
Complete source record
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