{"cve":"CVE-2025-38526","nvd":{"published":"2025-08-16T12:15:28.060","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:44.427","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nice: add NULL check in eswitch lag check\n\nThe function ice_lag_is_switchdev_running() is being called from outside of\nthe LAG event handler code.  This results in the lag->upper_netdev being\nNULL sometimes.  To avoid a NULL-pointer dereference, there needs to be a\ncheck before it is dereferenced.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:06:45.861874017+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38526","score":0.00382,"percentile":0.32006,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}