CVE-2025-38079

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 134
Modified
Published: 18 Jun 2025, 09:33
Last modified:12 May 2026, 12:04

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.08% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

18 Jun 2025, 09:33
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
12 May 2026, 12:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.08%• Percentile: 23%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-415•Double Free

    The product calls free() twice on the same memory address.

Affected Systems

  • debian•debian_linux

    11.0

  • linux•linux

    ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < 5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < bf7bba75b91539e93615f560893a599c1e1c98bf | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < c3059d58f79fdfb2201249c2741514e34562b547 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < f0f3d09f53534ea385d55ced408f2b67059b16e4 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < 134daaba93193df9e988524b5cd2f52d15eb1993 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < 2f45a8d64fb4ed4830a4b3273834ecd6ca504896 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < 0346f4b742345d1c733c977f3a7aef5a6419a967 | ≥ fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53, < b2df03ed4052e97126267e8c13ad4204ea6ba9b6 | 2.6.38

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≥ 2.6.38, < 5.4.294 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.238 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.185 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.141 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.93 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.31 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.9 | 6.15:rc1 | 6.15:rc2 | 6.15:rc3 | 6.15:rc4 | 6.15:rc5 | 6.15:rc6 | 6.15:rc7

References (11)