CVE-2025-40022 | crypto: af_alg - Fix incorrect boolean values in af_alg_ctx

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Fix incorrect boolean values in af_alg_ctx Commit 1b34cbbf4f01 ("crypto: af_alg - Disallow concurrent writes in af_alg_sendmsg") changed some fields from bool to 1-bit bitfields of type u32. However, some assignments to these fields, specifically 'more' and 'merge', assign values greater than 1. These relied on C's implicit conversion to bool, such that zero becomes false and nonzero becomes true. With a 1-bit bitfields of type u32 instead, mod 2 of the value is taken instead, resulting in 0 being assigned in some cases when 1 was intended. Fix this by restoring the bool type.

Published: 2025-10-24 Last update: 2026-05-12 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40022 is rated Low Risk (17.9/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40022

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-06 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-05-03 0.06% 0.04% -0.01%
3 2026-04-22 0.06%

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40022

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-40022

GHSA-rjhr-rr92-fh8c · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Fix...

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40022

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40022 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40022
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40022
suse medium CVE-2025-40022 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 269 product×package rows across 53 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (53 product lines)): Known Not Affected 269. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40022/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40022 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 159, not-affected 141, released 93, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40022

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40022

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References for CVE-2025-40022

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