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.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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