CVE-2025-38079

Published Jun 18, 2025

Last updated a month ago

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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.
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416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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  1. CVE-2025-38079 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_… https://t.co/Tpem3L8548

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