🛡️ CVE-2025-39898 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: e1000e: fix heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom Fix a possible heap overflow in e1000_set_eeprom function by adding input validation for the requested length of the change in the EEPROM. In addition, change the variable type from int to size_t for better code practices and rearrange declarations to RCT.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-39898 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.16.6-1; earlier versions remain affected.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39898 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • linux (fixed in 6.16.6-1)
  • linux-6.1 (fixed in 6.1.153-1~deb11u1)

Timeline and source

Published on 1 October 2025 and last revised on 4 November 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

CVE-2025-39898 on other distributions

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-10-01
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-11-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 6.16.6-1
linux-6.1 6.1.153-1~deb11u1

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