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CVE-2025-40063

UNKNOWN 0.0

crypto: comp - Use same definition of context alloc and free ops

CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: comp - Use same definition of context alloc and free ops In commit 42d9f6c77479 ("crypto: acomp - Move scomp stream allocation code into acomp"), the crypto_acomp_streams struct was made to rely on having the alloc_ctx and free_ctx operations defined in the same order as the scomp_alg struct. But in that same commit, the alloc_ctx and free_ctx members of scomp_alg may be randomized by structure layout randomization, since they are contained in a pure ops structure (containing only function pointers). If the pointers within scomp_alg are randomized, but those in crypto_acomp_streams are not, then the order may no longer match. This fixes the problem by removing the union from scomp_alg so that both crypto_acomp_streams and scomp_alg will share the same definition of alloc_ctx and free_ctx, ensuring they will always have the same layout.

Vendor linux
Product linux
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Published Oct 28, 2025
Last Updated May 11, 2026
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Affected Versions

Linux / Linux
42d9f6c774790d290c175e8775ce9f1366438098 < 779d3b6f2d32c5f1da6163e959abe1e1ffe2945b 42d9f6c774790d290c175e8775ce9f1366438098 < f75f66683ded09f7135aef2e763c245a07c8271a
Linux / Linux
6.16

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/779d3b6f2d32c5f1da6163e959abe1e1ffe2945b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75f66683ded09f7135aef2e763c245a07c8271a