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CVE-2025-39858

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.5 Published: 2025-09-19 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: mlx4: Fix IS_ERR() vs NULL check bug in mlx4_en_create_rx_ring Replace NULL check with IS_ERR() check after calling page_pool_create() since this function returns error pointers (ERR_PTR). Using NULL check could lead to invalid pointer dereference.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-476, CWE-476

References