CVE-2025-38526

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: add NULL check in eswitch lag check The function ice_lag_is_switchdev_running() is being called from outside of the LAG event handler code. This results in the lag->upper_netdev being NULL sometimes. To avoid a NULL-pointer dereference, there needs to be a check before it is dereferenced.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 32% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-476

Published

2025-08-16

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

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

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