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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.
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
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| September 7, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 24, 2026 | ENRICHED | ENRICHED — CVE-2025-39729 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | e6bef2d0dfa036afc32df982240d0368b17ee7fd | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.16 | 6.16.1 |
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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.