CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40182

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's crypto skcipher, using cra_reqsize instead of crypto_skcipher_set_reqsize() causes memory corruption and crash. Initialization functions do not set reqsize correctly.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic or potentially escalate privileges through cryptographic operations.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch for crypto skcipher. Update the kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-40182.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: skcipher - Fix reqsize handling Commit afddce13ce81d ("crypto: api - Add reqsize to crypto_alg") introduced cra_reqsize field in crypto_alg struct to replace type specific reqsize fields. It looks like this was introduced specifically for ahash and acomp from the commit description as subsequent commits add necessary changes in these alg frameworks. However, this is being recommended for use in all crypto algs [1] instead of setting reqsize using crypto_*_set_reqsize(). Using cra_reqsize in skcipher algorithms, hence, causes memory corruptions and crashes as the underlying functions in the algorithm framework have not been updated to set the reqsize properly from cra_reqsize. [2] Add proper set_reqsize calls in the skcipher init function to properly initialize reqsize for these algorithms in the framework. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-crypto/[email protected]/ [2]: https://gist.github.com/Pratham-T/24247446f1faf4b7843e4014d5089f6b

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