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CVE-2025-39964

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2025-10-13 Modified: 2026-07-30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg Issuing two writes to the same af_alg socket is bogus as the data will be interleaved in an unpredictable fashion. Furthermore, concurrent writes may create inconsistencies in the internal socket state. Disallow this by adding a new ctx->write field that indiciates exclusive ownership for writing.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References