{"id":"CVE-2025-39931","revision":"cba070d2b61743a4b3ab4f76f208435c","records":[{"revision":"cba070d2b61743a4b3ab4f76f208435c","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2025-39931","aliases":[],"title":"crypto: af_alg - Set merge to zero early in af_alg_sendmsg","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: af_alg - Set merge to zero early in af_alg_sendmsg\n\nIf an error causes af_alg_sendmsg to abort, ctx->merge may contain\na garbage value from the previous loop.  This may then trigger a\ncrash on the next entry into af_alg_sendmsg when it attempts to do\na merge that can't be done.\n\nFix this by setting ctx->merge to zero near the start of the loop.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-10-04T07:30:55.964+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T22:02:33.324+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"crypto/af_alg.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"8ff590903d5fc7f5a0a988c38267a3d08e6393a2\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"28f6f37abca7c5c9eb3959c66310f1d4d98b8aaf\",\n   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\"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.108\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.49\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.16.9\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.16.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.17\",\n                          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