Vulnerability · CVE-2025-39730
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle len
Published Sep 7, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 19, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check this week
CVE-2025-39730 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 20.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel · vendor Linux Linux 20fa19027286983ab2734b5910c4a687436e0c31 <3570ef5c31314c13274c935a20b91768ab5bf412
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle length before it can access the embedded filehandle.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe linux/linux kernelversion unspecified
- vendor Linux Linux 20fa19027286983ab2734b5910c4a687436e0c31 <3570ef5c31314c13274c935a20b91768ab5bf41220fa19027286983ab2734b5910c4a687436e0c31 <3570ef5c31314c13274c935a20b91768ab5bf412
How to fix CVE-2025-39730
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-39730 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; Linux Linux 20fa19027286983ab2734b5910c4a687436e0c31 <3570ef5c31314c13274c935a20b91768ab5bf412 20fa19027286983ab2734b5910c4a687436e0c31 <3570ef5c31314c13274c935a20b91768ab5bf412. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 20.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Sep 7, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle length before it can access the embedded filehandle.
Oct 19, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle length before it can access the embedded filehandle.
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-31500
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle length before it can access the embedded filehandle.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-39730
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix filehandle bounds checking in nfs_fh_to_dentry() The function needs to check the minimal filehandle length before it can access the embedded filehandle.
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.