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CVE-2025-39729MEDIUM
Linux Linux — crypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0014    4.1     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    e6bef2d0dfa036afc32df982240d0368b17ee7fd –  —
  Linux    6.16 –                                      6.16.1
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  Sep 7   Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 24  ENRICHED — CVE-2025-39729 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-824 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer Fix below smatch warnings: drivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1312 __sev_platform_init_locked() error: we previously assumed 'error' could be null

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
September 7, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 24, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2025-39729 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxe6bef2d0dfa036afc32df982240d0368b17ee7fd
LinuxLinux6.166.16.1

Weaknesses

CWE-824

References (3)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-39729 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-824

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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-39729 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.