{"id":"CVE-2025-39729","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer\n\nFix below smatch warnings:\ndrivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1312 __sev_platform_init_locked()\nerror: we previou…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer\n\nFix below smatch warnings:\ndrivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1312 __sev_platform_init_locked()\nerror: we previou…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-824"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel = 6.16"],"published":"2025-09-07","updated":"2026-07-24","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39729","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fa766726c091ff0ec7d26874f6e4724d23ecb0e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26eb4fceaf8cad2b92255baf7f185b0a1e3f070c","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841634e1fdc2bdf35ab851fc279fd3bedcdf5e93","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00143,"epssPercentile":0.03981,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-24T15:30:57.818Z","slug":"CVE-2025-39729","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer\n\nFix below smatch warnings:\ndrivers/crypto/ccp/sev-dev.c:1312 __sev_platform_init_locked()\nerror: we previously assumed 'error' could be null\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel = 6.16`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}