# CVE-2025-39777: crypto: acomp - Fix CFI failure due to type punning

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-11 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.16

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: acomp - Fix CFI failure due to type punning To avoid a crash when control flow integrity is enabled, make the workspace ("stream") free function use a consistent type, and call it through a function pointer that has that same type.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec68c59461ca846aab9b7c2b39f63ac7c8a43cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/962ddc5a7a4b04c007bba0f3e7298cda13c62efd

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