CVE-2025-38079 Affecting kernel-default package, versions <5.14.21-150400.24.173.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES154-KERNELDEFAULT-12016602
  • published19 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Aug 2025

Introduced: 18 Aug 2025

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How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.4 kernel-default to version 5.14.21-150400.24.173.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default package and not the kernel-default package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.4 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: algif_hash - fix double free in hash_accept

If accept(2) is called on socket type algif_hash with MSG_MORE flag set and crypto_ahash_import fails, sk2 is freed. However, it is also freed in af_alg_release, leading to slab-use-after-free error.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1