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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: seqiv - Do not use req->iv after crypto_aead_encrypt As soon as crypto_aead_encrypt is called, the underlying request may be freed by an asynchronous completion. Thus dereferencing req->iv after it returns is invalid. Instead of checking req->iv against info, create a new variable unaligned_info and use it for that purpose instead.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-01-14 | Updated 2026-02-09 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before 18202537856e0fae079fed2c9308780bcff2bb9d
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before baf0e2d1e03ddb04781dfe7f22a654d3611f69b2
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before 50f196d2bbaee4ab2494bb1b0d294deba292951a
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before 0279978adec6f1296af66b642cce641c6580be46
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before ccbb96434d88e32358894c879457b33f7508e798
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before 5476f7f8a311236604b78fcc5b2a63b3a61b0169
affected

0a270321dbf948963aeb0e8382fe17d2c2eb3771 (git) before 50fdb78b7c0bcc550910ef69c0984e751cac72fa
affected

Default status
affected

2.6.25
affected

Any version before 2.6.25
unaffected

5.10.248 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.198 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.160 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.120 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.64 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.4 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/18202537856e0fae079fed2c9308780bcff2bb9d

git.kernel.org/...c/baf0e2d1e03ddb04781dfe7f22a654d3611f69b2

git.kernel.org/...c/50f196d2bbaee4ab2494bb1b0d294deba292951a

git.kernel.org/...c/0279978adec6f1296af66b642cce641c6580be46

git.kernel.org/...c/ccbb96434d88e32358894c879457b33f7508e798

git.kernel.org/...c/5476f7f8a311236604b78fcc5b2a63b3a61b0169

git.kernel.org/...c/50fdb78b7c0bcc550910ef69c0984e751cac72fa

cve.org (CVE-2025-71131)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-71131)

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