CVE-2025-40019
crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
24 Oct 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption
Move the ssize check to the start in essiv_aead_crypt so that
it's also checked for decryption and in-place encryption.
Affected products
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/248ff2797ff52a8cbf86507f9583437443bf7685https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29294dd6f1e7acf527255fb136ffde6602c3a129https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb73db6948c2de23e407fe1b7ef94bf02b7529fhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71f03f8f72d9c70ffba76980e78b38c180e61589https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da7afb01ba05577ba3629f7f4824205550644986https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc4c854a5e7453c465fa73b153eba4ef2a240abehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df58651968f82344a0ed2afdafd20ecfc55ff548https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f37e7860dc5e94c70b4a3e38a5809181310ea9ac