CVE-2025-37808

crypto: null - Use spin lock instead of mutex

published May 8, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: null - Use spin lock instead of mutex

As the null algorithm may be freed in softirq context through

af_alg, use spin locks instead of mutexes to protect the default

null algorithm.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00214 · 11.2th percentile
Published
2025-05-08T06:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAY 06:26Z
    crypto: null - Use spin lock instead of mutex
    cvelistv5