CVE-2025-39939 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 4
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/s390: Fix memory corruption when using identity domain
zpci_get_iommu_ctrs() returns counter information to be reported as part
of device statistics; these counters are stored as part of the s390_domain.
The problem, however, is that the identity domain is not backed by an
s390_domain and so the conversion via to_s390_domain() yields a bad address
that is zero'd initially and read on-demand later via a sysfs read.
These …
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux64af12c6ec3afd7d44bc8b2044eee59f98059087 — 17a58caf3863163c4a84a218a9649be2c8061443+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-pm9c-rrjm-4v2f: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
iommu/s390: Fix memory corruption when using identity domain
zpci_get_iommu_ctrs↗2025-10-04
OSV▶
CVE-2025-39939: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/s390: Fix memory corruption when using identity domain zpci_get_iommu_ctrs()↗2025-10-04