---
id: CVE-2025-39729
title: |-
  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 previou…
summary: |-
  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 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: 0.03993
ingestedAt: '2026-07-24T15:30:57.818Z'
---

## Overview

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

## Affected

- `linux_kernel = 6.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.