Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2025-39921
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: microchip-core-qspi: stop checking viability of op->max_freq in supports_op callback In commit 13529647743d9 ("spi: microchip-core-qspi: Support per spi-mem operation frequency switches") the logic for checking the viability of op->max_freq in mchp_coreqspi_setup_clock() was copied into mchp_coreqspi_supports_op(). Unfortunately, op->max_freq is not valid when this function is called during probe but is instead zero. Accordingly, baud_rate_val is calculated to be INT_MAX due to division by zero, causing probe of the attached memory device to fail. Seemingly spi-microchip-core-qspi was the only driver that had such a modification made to its supports_op callback when the per_op_freq capability was added, so just remove it to restore prior functionality.
EPSS: 0.001 (2.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 13529647743d906ed3cf991f1d77727e7ff1fb6f, 6.14, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.17
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-39921?
- CVE-2025-39921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-10-01.
- How severe is CVE-2025-39921?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.