# CVE-2025-39729: crypto: ccp - Fix dereferencing uninitialized error pointer

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-07 · Updated: 2026-07-24

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

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

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26eb4fceaf8cad2b92255baf7f185b0a1e3f070c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/841634e1fdc2bdf35ab851fc279fd3bedcdf5e93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fa766726c091ff0ec7d26874f6e4724d23ecb0e

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