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Linux Linux — igc: don't fail igc_probe() on LED setup error
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0016 5.6 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux ea578703b03d5d651b091c39f717dc829155b520 – —
Linux 6.9 – 6.12.49
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Oct 9 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-39956 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
igc: don't fail igc_probe() on LED setup error
When igc_led_setup() fails, igc_probe() fails and triggers kernel panic
in free_netdev() since unregister_netdev() is not called. [1]
This behavior can be tested using fault-injection framework, especially
the failslab feature. [2]
Since LED support is not mandatory, treat LED setup failures as
non-fatal and continue probe with a warning message, consequently
avoiding the kernel panic.
[1]
kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:12047!
Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 937 Comm: repro-igc-led-e Not tainted 6.17.0-rc4-enjuk-tnguy-00865-gc4940196ab02 #64 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:free_netdev+0x278/0x2b0
[...]
Call Trace:
<TASK>
igc_probe+0x370/0x910
local_pci_probe+0x3a/0x80
pci_device_probe+0xd1/0x200
[...]
[2]
#!/bin/bash -ex
FAILSLAB_PATH=/sys/kernel/debug/failslab/
DEVICE=0000:00:05.0
START_ADDR=$(grep " igc_led_setup" /proc/kallsyms \
| awk '{printf("0x%s", $1)}')
END_ADDR=$(printf "0x%x" $((START_ADDR + 0x100)))
echo $START_ADDR > $FAILSLAB_PATH/require-start
echo $END_ADDR > $FAILSLAB_PATH/require-end
echo 1 > $FAILSLAB_PATH/times
echo 100 > $FAILSLAB_PATH/probability
echo N > $FAILSLAB_PATH/ignore-gfp-wait
echo $DEVICE > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/igc/bind
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 9, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-39956 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | ea578703b03d5d651b091c39f717dc829155b520 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.9 | 6.12.49 |
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