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GHSA-JC96-XJ7H-VXXP

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-17 18:32 – Updated: 2026-09-17 18:32

Details

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

crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack

qat_alg_xts_reverse_key() expands the forward XTS AES key on the stack. That schedule contains key material and can remain in the stack frame.

Clear the temporary crypto_aes_ctx with memzero_explicit() after the copy.

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CVE-2026-93161 (GCVE-0-2026-93161)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:11 – Updated: 2026-09-17 16:11

Title

crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack qat_alg_xts_reverse_key() expands the forward XTS AES key on the stack. That schedule contains key material and can remain in the stack frame. Clear the temporary crypto_aes_ctx with memzero_explicit() after the copy.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cf42622b30178f5…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1194b78a163cc56…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892f34dc1819cceb8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af019e213ada5c3d…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e4979e1a770860b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411 (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359 (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < 892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6 (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592 (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < 9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3 (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < 92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833c (git) Affected: 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 , < d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9 (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.11 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.11 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.221 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.188 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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