DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39931

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 2
Published: 04 Oct 2025, 08:15
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:30

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
3.1 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Oct 2025, 08:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:30
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1MEDIUMScore: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    all | < 6.1.158-1 | < 6.12.57-1 | < 6.16.9-1

  • debianlinux-6.1

    < 6.1.158-1~deb11u1

References (1)