What is CVE-2025-39978?

CVE-2025-39978 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and patched in 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50 and others. CVE-2025-39978 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-39978?

CVE-2025-39978 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-39978?

Yes, CVE-2025-39978 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-39978 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-39978 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-39978

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: Fix potential use after free in otx2_tc_add_flow() This code calls kfree_rcu(new_node, rcu) and then dereferences "new_node" and then dereferences it on the next line. Two lines later, we take a mutex so I don't think this is an RCU safe region. Re-order it to do the dereferences before queuing up the free.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-15

Last modified 2026-07-30

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50, 6.16.10, 6.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.155 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.109 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.50 6.12.x ✓ 6.16.10 6.16.x ✓ 6.17

References

6 total

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-39978

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-15

Modified 2026-07-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-39978?

CVE-2025-39978 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and has been patched in 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50 and others. CVE-2025-39978 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-39978?

CVE-2025-39978 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-39978?

Yes. CVE-2025-39978 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.155, 6.6.109, 6.12.50 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-39978 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-39978 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.