{"cve":"CVE-2025-38173","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-03T09:15:33.050","modified":"2026-07-30T06:22:56.950","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests\n\nDo not access random memory for zero-length skcipher requests.\nJust return 0.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d3e8049a8b60f18c5c39f5931bfb1130ac11c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9666ac8b94c978690f937d59170c5237bd2c45","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7894694b5d5b2ecfd7fb081d6f60b9e169ab4d13","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78ea1ff6cb413a03ff6f7af4e28e24b4461a0965","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a4e047c6cc07676f637608a9dd675349b5de0a7"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:04:28.436527499+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38173","score":0.00189,"percentile":0.08594,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}