CVE-2025-38200 is an integer-underflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel Intel i40e Ethernet driver, in i40e_clear_hw. A device-provided input can cause a related value to underflow, resulting in an MMIO write targeting an invalid page. The upstream fix changes the types of the affected variables to prevent the underflow.
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Invalid-page MMIO write issue in the Linux kernel Intel i40e network driver.
Linux kernel i40e network driver invalid-page MMIO write flaw.
A Linux kernel i40e network-driver flaw involving an MMIO write to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw.
A Linux kernel i40e Ethernet-driver flaw permitting MMIO write access to an invalid page in i40e_clear_hw.
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