{"cve":"CVE-2025-39978","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-15T08:15:35.640","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocteontx2-pf: Fix potential use after free in otx2_tc_add_flow()\n\nThis code calls kfree_rcu(new_node, rcu) and then dereferences \"new_node\"\nand then dereferences it on the next line.  Two lines later, we take\na mutex so I don't think this is an RCU safe region.  Re-order it to do\nthe dereferences before queuing up the free.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5723120423a753a220b8b2954b273838b9d7e74a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8a63f27c3a8a3714210d32b12fd0f16d0337414","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c41b2941a024d4ec7c768e16ffb10a74b188fced","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9c70e93ec5988ab07ad2a92d9f9d12867f02c56","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df2c071061ed52d2225d97b212d27ecedf456b8a"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-39978","score":0.0015,"percentile":0.0413,"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."]}