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CVE-2025-38079
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-06-18T10:15:41.510 · Last modified 2026-06-17T09:16:00.717

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.

Affected products

linux — linux_kernel

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