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CVE-2026-64529

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs The QAT driver exposes a character device (qat_adf_ctl) with IOCTLs for device configuration, start, stop, status query and enumeration. These IOCTLs are not part of any public uAPI header and have no known in-tree or out-of-tree users. Device lifecycle is already managed via sysfs. The ioctl interface also increases the attack surface and is the subject of a number of bug reports. Remove the character device, the IOCTL definitions, and the related data structures (adf_dev_status_info, adf_user_cfg_key_val, adf_user_cfg_section, adf_user_cfg_ctl_data). Drop the now-unused adf_cfg_user.h header and strip adf_ctl_drv.c down to the minimal module_init/module_exit hooks for workqueue, AER, and crypto/compression algorithm registration. Clean up leftover dead code that was only reachable from the removed IOCTL paths: adf_cfg_del_all(), adf_devmgr_verify_id(), adf_devmgr_get_num_dev(), adf_devmgr_get_dev_by_id(), adf_get_vf_real_id() and the unused ADF_CFG macros. Additionally, drop the entry associated to QAT IOCTLs in ioctl-number.rst.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-64529
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 15:36 UTC
Published
2026-07-25 09:24 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-25 09:24 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

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Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d < 071590a44cbc38483fceb1ab943363ec26868e1b, d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d < 1de076f43e64bf65fbe7280a269c70e0e60518df, d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d < a4999664a5ef77bdb0c6e6b935f581ac8ce6b63a, d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d < 6848a6e39cac44fdb7cb88f0f777df62172d1551 …
Linux Linux 3.17, 0 < 3.17, 5.10.260 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.211 ≤ 5.15.* …
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