High 7.3Published Sep 11, 2025

CVE-2025-39789crypto: x86/aegis - Add missing error checks

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: x86/aegis - Add missing error checks The skcipher_walk functions can allocate memory and can fail, so checking for errors is necessary.

CVSS: 7.3 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 19, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1d373d4e8e15b358f08de52956b32e0e38a11f84 before 74d3b91f1598eedf87a977702f9f55e32698206d; from 1d373d4e8e15b358f08de52956b32e0e38a11f84 before b4ba650125d21e937f82fcafcd2738fe31209c05; from 1d373d4e8e15b358f08de52956b32e0e38a11f84 before 475104178f4d30e749ee4f5473c87f692b93bebb; from 1d373d4e8e15b358f08de52956b32e0e38a11f84 before 3d9eb180fbe8828cce43bce4c370124685b205c3	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 4.18 before 6.16.4	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74d3b91f1598eedf87a977702f9f55e32698206d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4ba650125d21e937f82fcafcd2738fe31209c05
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/475104178f4d30e749ee4f5473c87f692b93bebb	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d9eb180fbe8828cce43bce4c370124685b205c3	patch

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