CVE-2025-40022: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.1.154, before 6.1.155 (fixed in 6.1.155); from 6.6.108, before 6.6.109 (fixed in 6.6.109); from 6.12.49, before 6.12.50 (fixed in 6.12.50); from 6.16.9, before 6.16.10 (fixed in 6.16.10)
• Siemens SIMATIC s7-1500 CPU 1518-4 Pn/dp Mfp: from V3.1.5; from V3.1.6
• Siemens SIMATIC s7-1500 CPU 1518f-4 Pn/dp Mfp: from V3.1.5; from V3.1.6
• Siemens Siplus s7-1500 CPU 1518-4 Pn/dp Mfp: from V3.1.5; from V3.1.6

Published 2025-10-24. Last modified 2026-07-14.