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Linux Linux — xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0018 8.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 3d8090bb53424432fa788fe9a49e8ceca74f0544 – —
Linux 6.6.103 – —
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Oct 13 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-39965 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: xfrm_alloc_spi shouldn't use 0 as SPI
x->id.spi == 0 means "no SPI assigned", but since commit
94f39804d891 ("xfrm: Duplicate SPI Handling"), we now create states
and add them to the byspi list with this value.
__xfrm_state_delete doesn't remove those states from the byspi list,
since they shouldn't be there, and this shows up as a UAF the next
time we go through the byspi list.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 13, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-39965 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 3d8090bb53424432fa788fe9a49e8ceca74f0544 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.6.103 | — |
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