CVE-2025-39973

Name	CVE-2025-39973
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: add validation for ring_len param The `ring_len` parameter provided by the virtual function (VF) is assigned directly to the hardware memory context (HMC) without any validation. To address this, introduce an upper boundary check for both Tx and Rx queue lengths. The maximum number of descriptors supported by the hardware is 8k-32. Additionally, enforce alignment constraints: Tx rings must be a multiple of 8, and Rx rings must be a multiple of 32.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.244-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.43-1	vulnerable
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	vulnerable
	forky	6.16.9-1	vulnerable
	sid	6.16.12-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.10-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/55d225670def06b01af2e7a5e0446fbe946289e8 (6.17)