CVE-2025-38173
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
6.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
—
Published 2025-07-03 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-07-03 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
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.
Affected
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
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c064ae2881d839709bd72d484d5f2af157f46024
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9610dda42bd382a96f97e68825cb5f66cd9e1dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1cc69da619588b1488689fe3535a0ba75a2b0e7
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html