{"cve":"CVE-2025-71131","nvd":{"published":"2026-01-14T15:16:02.843","modified":"2026-10-19T19:17:14.867","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: seqiv - Do not use req->iv after crypto_aead_encrypt\n\nAs soon as crypto_aead_encrypt is called, the underlying request\nmay be freed by an asynchronous completion.  Thus dereferencing\nreq->iv after it returns is invalid.\n\nInstead of checking req->iv against info, create a new variable\nunaligned_info and use it for that purpose instead.","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":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0279978adec6f1296af66b642cce641c6580be46","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18202537856e0fae079fed2c9308780bcff2bb9d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f196d2bbaee4ab2494bb1b0d294deba292951a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50fdb78b7c0bcc550910ef69c0984e751cac72fa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5476f7f8a311236604b78fcc5b2a63b3a61b0169"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-71131","score":0.00305,"percentile":0.2309,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}