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NTAP-20260213-0017 — CVE-2025-39971 Linux Kernel Vulnerability in NetApp Products

Published 2026-02-13 · Updated 2026-10-06 · Status: Interim · Exploitation: Public · Severity: HIGH 8.8 · ONTAP affected: Yes

Official advisory: NTAP-20260213-0017 on security.netapp.com ↗. Affected versions, fixed releases, and workarounds live there — this page is a summary.

Product family: Active IQ Unified Manager · SolidFire / NetApp HCI · ONTAP · NetApp Console / BlueXP · SnapCenter | ONTAP-relevant | highest CVSS: 8.8

CVEs in this advisory

CVE-2025-39971 — HIGH · CVSS 8.8 · site index

What the CVE records say

CVE-2025-39971 — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: fix idx validation in config queues msg Ensure idx is within range of active/initialized TCs when iterating over vf->ch[idx] in i40e_vc_config_queues_msg().

Impact

Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to Denial of Service (DoS).

Affected products

Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere
NetApp HCI Baseboard Management Controller (BMC) - H610S
ONTAP Select Deploy administration utility
Cloud Volumes ONTAP Mediator
NetApp Console Agent OVA
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Management Node
NetApp SolidFire & HCI Storage Node (Element Software)
ONTAP tools for VMware vSphere 10
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere

References

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025101556-CVE-2025-39971-97e2@gregkh/T/#u ↗

What to do

Check the affected products listed above against the official advisory's affected-versions table — that is where the exact ONTAP 9 release, ONTAP tool, or management product versions are named.
If affected and a fixed release exists, plan the upgrade — see the ONTAP upgrade runbook.
If exploitation is listed as "active", treat remediation as urgent and review exposure (management LIFs, ONTAP S3, SnapMirror endpoints).
Harden in parallel: security hardening baseline and ransomware protection on ONTAP.