CVE-2025-37808
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Denial of Service via Null Algorithm Spin Lock
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: null - Use spin lock instead of mutex As the null algorithm may be freed in softirq context through af_alg, use spin locks instead of mutexes to protect the default null algorithm.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0007
EPSS Percentile
20.4%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (27)
debian/debian_linux
11.0
linux/Kernel
4.2.0 - 5.4.293linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.181linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.1.136linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.237linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.14.5linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.89linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.26linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.2
Linux/Linux
330234638e16b7b95e8e5e6be719a61a93f074b8 - 0486de3c1b8223138dcc614846bd76364f758de6
... and 17 more
Published
May 08, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026