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crypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 5.4.295, 6.1.142, 6.12.34, 6.15.3, 6.6.94
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38173
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 01:47 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
crypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 3 Jul 2025, 08:36 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2025-38173
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 6.1.142, 6.6.94, 6.12.34, 6.15.3
Complete source record
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