VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-39931

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability0.17%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-10-04
Last modified2026-10-19
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Set merge to zero early in af_alg_sendmsg If an error causes af_alg_sendmsg to abort, ctx->merge may contain a garbage value from the previous loop. This may then trigger a crash on the next entry into af_alg_sendmsg when it attempts to do a merge that can't be done. Fix this by setting ctx->merge to zero near the start of the loop.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-908

Primary references