Vulnerability · CVE-2025-39685
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: pcl726: Prevent invalid irq number The reproducer passed in an irq number(0x80008000) that…
Published Sep 5, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 19, 2026 · linux kernel
Open the advisory
Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-39685. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare linux kernel with the linked advisory before you change production.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- Awaiting synchronization with FIRST
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: pcl726: Prevent invalid irq number The reproducer passed in an irq number(0x80008000) that was too large, which triggered the oob. Added an interrupt number check to prevent users from passing in an irq number that was too large. If is 31, then is still invalid because it shifts a 1-bit into the sign bit (which is UB in C). Possible solutions include reducing the upper bound on the value to 30 or lower, or using . The old code would just not attempt to request the IRQ if the value were invalid. And it would still configure the device without interrupts even if the call to returned an error. So it would be better to combine this test with the test below.
Are you affected?
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- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe linux/linux kernel6.17
How to fix CVE-2025-39685
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-39685. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare linux kernel with the linked advisory before you change production.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; linux/linux kernel 6.17. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read. EPSS is not on this record yet. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 5, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: pcl726: Prevent invalid irq number The reproducer passed in an irq number(0x80008000) that was too large, which triggered the oob. Added an interrupt number check to prevent users from passing in an irq number that was too large. If is 31, then is still invalid because it shifts a 1-bit into the sign bit (which is UB in C)
Oct 19, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: pcl726: Prevent invalid irq number The reproducer passed in an irq number(0x80008000) that was too large, which triggered the oob. Added an interrupt number check to prevent users from passing in an irq number that was too large. If is 31, then is still invalid because it shifts a 1-bit into the sign bit (which is UB in C)
Sources
- NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-39685
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: pcl726: Prevent invalid irq number The reproducer passed in an irq number(0x80008000) that was too large, which triggered the oob. Added an interrupt number check to prevent users from passing in an ir
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 19, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.