CVE-2025-38079 (GCVE-0-2025-38079)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-18 09:33 – Updated: 2026-08-05 11:59
VLAI
Title
crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept If accept(2) is called on socket type algif_hash with MSG_MORE flag set and crypto_ahash_import fails, sk2 is freed. However, it is also freed in af_alg_release, leading to slab-use-after-free error.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-10 20:41 UTC
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 54/100 over 6633 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < 5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < bf7bba75b91539e93615f560893a599c1e1c98bf (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < c3059d58f79fdfb2201249c2741514e34562b547 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < f0f3d09f53534ea385d55ced408f2b67059b16e4 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < 134daaba93193df9e988524b5cd2f52d15eb1993 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < 2f45a8d64fb4ed4830a4b3273834ecd6ca504896 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < 0346f4b742345d1c733c977f3a7aef5a6419a967 (git)
Affected: fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 , < b2df03ed4052e97126267e8c13ad4204ea6ba9b6 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.38
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.38 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.294 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.238 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.185 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.141 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.93 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.31 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.14.9 , ≤ 6.14.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.5 , < * (custom)
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