CVE-2026-64439 — crypto: krb5 - filter out async aead implementations at alloc

Affected: Linux

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: krb5 - filter out async aead implementations at alloc

krb5_aead_encrypt(), krb5_aead_decrypt() in rfc3961_simplified.c and rfc8009_encrypt(), rfc8009_decrypt() in rfc8009_aes2.c set a NULL completion callback and treat any negative return from crypto_aead_{encrypt,decrypt}() as terminal, falling through to kfree_sensitive(buffer). When the encrypt_name resolves to an async AEAD instance the request returns -EINPROGRESS, the buffer is freed while the backend's worker still holds a pointer, and the worker dereferences the freed slab on completion.

KASAN report under UML+SLUB with a synthetic async aead backend bound to krb5->encrypt_name:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in t5_stub_complete+0x7d/0xc7

The helpers were written synchronously, so filter the async instances out at allocation time instead of plumbing crypto_wait_req() through every call site.

Reachable via net/rxrpc/rxgk.c, fs/afs/cm_security.c and net/ceph/crypto.c on systems with an async AEAD provider bound to the krb5 enctype name.

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CVE-2026-64439 — crypto: krb5 - filter out async aead implementations at alloc