CVE-2025-39804
kernel: lib/crypto: arm64/poly1305: Fix register corruption in no-SIMD contexts
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Published · September 15, 2025
Updated · October 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lib/crypto: arm64/poly1305: Fix register corruption in no-SIMD contexts
Restore the SIMD usability check that was removed by commit a59e5468a921 ("crypto: arm64/poly1305 - Add block-only interface").
This safety check is cheap and is well worth eliminating a footgun. While the Poly1305 functions should not be called when SIMD registers are unusable, if they are anyway, they should just do the right thing instead of corrupting random tasks' registers and/or computing incorrect MACs. Fixing this is also needed for poly1305_kunit to pass.
Just use may_use_simd() instead of the original crypto_simd_usable(), since poly1305_kunit won't rely on crypto_simd_disabled_for_test.
Statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is not affected by this flaw because the vulnerable code in the arm64 Poly1305 implementation was introduced in upstream kernel version 6.16. Consequently, supported Red Hat kernel packages do not contain this regression, and no systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux are exposed to register corruption from this issue.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE not specified