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CVE-2025-38173

crypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests

Published: Jul 3, 2025Updated: Dec 18, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
NVD MITRE
5.5CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 95.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests Do not access random memory for zero-length skcipher requests. Just return 0.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

UbuntuCanonical Ltd.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise DesktopNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
OpenSUSE LeapNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Suse Linux Enterprise ServerNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for BasesystemNovell Inc.
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
canonical ltd.commercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical
novell inc.commercialUSOperating Systems
and 20 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d3e8049a8b60f18c5c39f5931bfb1130ac11c9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e9666ac8b94c978690f937d59170c5237bd2c45
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7894694b5d5b2ecfd7fb081d6f60b9e169ab4d13
git.kernel.org
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jul 3, 2025
Last Updated
Dec 18, 2025

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