{"cve":"CVE-2025-38079","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:41.510","modified":"2026-07-30T06:22:48.573","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept\n\nIf accept(2) is called on socket type algif_hash with\nMSG_MORE flag set and crypto_ahash_import fails,\nsk2 is freed. However, it is also freed in af_alg_release,\nleading to slab-use-after-free error.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-415"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0346f4b742345d1c733c977f3a7aef5a6419a967","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/134daaba93193df9e988524b5cd2f52d15eb1993","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f45a8d64fb4ed4830a4b3273834ecd6ca504896","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bff312b59b3f2a54ff504e4f4e47272b64f3633","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2df03ed4052e97126267e8c13ad4204ea6ba9b6"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38079","score":0.00215,"percentile":0.11978,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}