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CVE-2025-39817

Vendordebian, linuxProductdebian linux, linux kernelDiscoveredSep 16, 2025UpdatedJul 30, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: Fix slab-out-of-bounds in efivarfs_d_compare Observed on kernel 6.6 (present on master as well): BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in memcmp+0x98/0xd0 Call trace: kasan_check_range+0xe8/0x190 __asan_loadN+0x1c/0x28 memcmp+0x98/0xd0 efivarfs_d_compare+0x68/0xd8 __d_lookup_rcu_op_compare+0x178/0x218 __d_lookup_rcu+0x1f8/0x228 d_alloc_parallel+0x150/0x648 lookup_open.isra.0+0x5f0/0x8d0 open_last_lookups+0x264/0x828 path_openat+0x130/0x3f8 do_filp_open+0x114/0x248 do_sys_openat2+0x340/0x3c0 __arm64_sys_openat+0x120/0x1a0 If dentry->d_name.len lookup simple_lookup d_add // invalid dentry is added to hash list lookup_open d_alloc_parallel __d_lookup_rcu __d_lookup_rcu_op_compare hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu // invalid…

CVSS v3.1
7.1 HIGH
EPSS
0.17%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
18
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 7, 2026
▲ 0.01pp
0.15% → 0.17% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityNONE
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Connections
21 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Sep 16, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Jul 30, 2026
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7909-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7909-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7909-3: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Dec 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7910-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Dec 5, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7909-4: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Dec 5, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7910-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Dec 15, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7933-1: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Dec 15, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7909-5: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Dec 16, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7938-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 16, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8095-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Mar 16, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8095-2: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8095-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Mar 23, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8095-4: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Mar 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8125-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8126-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Apr 1, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8095-5: Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities
Apr 9, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8165-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
May 7, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8261-1: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities