CVE-2025-39804

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.16-6.16.3 - Register Corruption via Poly1305 SIMD Context Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lib/crypto: arm64/poly1305: Fix register corruption in no-SIMD contexts Restore the SIMD usability check that was removed by commit a59e5468a921 ("crypto: arm64/poly1305 - Add block-only interface"). This safety check is cheap and is well worth eliminating a footgun. While the Poly1305 functions should not be called when SIMD registers are unusable, if they are anyway, they should just do the right thing instead of corrupting random tasks' registers and/or computing incorrect MACs. Fixing this is also needed for poly1305_kunit to pass. Just use may_use_simd() instead of the original crypto_simd_usable(), since poly1305_kunit won't rely on crypto_simd_disabled_for_test.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0013
EPSS Percentile 3.2%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 6.16.0 - 6.16.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16
Linux/Linux 6.16.4 - 6.16.*
Linux/Linux 6.17
Linux/Linux a59e5468a921937cb7317892779c67046ad9f5cc - eec76ea5a7213c48529a46eed1b343e5cee3aaab
Linux/Linux a59e5468a921937cb7317892779c67046ad9f5cc - ef74efa598b7bbc5c24509f7f56af2806f81c339
linux/linux_kernel 6.16 - 6.16.4
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026