Vulnerability · 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_hash with MSG_MO
Published Jun 18, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check this week
CVE-2025-38079 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 21.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 21.00%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 <5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633
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.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Linux Linux fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 <5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 <5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633
How to fix CVE-2025-38079
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2025-38079 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 21.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run Linux Linux.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 <5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633 fe869cdb89c95d060c77eea20204d6c91f233b53 <5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 21.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 18, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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.
Oct 15, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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.
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18574
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
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 15, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.