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CVE-2026-64439

Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64439
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 08:51 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux 00244da40f7821b242c4612428d4192230dba27f < ef6feb77e2d91761427c5b773edc9c97e1b706ad, 00244da40f7821b242c4612428d4192230dba27f < 2b7bd6dccff14b8b632c5244f1fd506918077221, 00244da40f7821b242c4612428d4192230dba27f < 6c9dddeb582fde005360f4fe02c760d45ca05fb5
Linux Linux 6.15, 0 < 6.15, 6.18.39 ≤ 6.18.*, 7.1.4 ≤ 7.1.* …
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