CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-63805

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

3th percentile - higher than 3% of all known CVEs

Summary

A bug in the Linux kernel's NX crypto driver (nx_crypto_ctx_exit) caused an incorrect argument type to be used. The nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit function passed a context pointer (nx_crypto_ctx *) instead of a crypto_tfm * pointer, leading to a memory access violation and system crash (oops).

Risk Assessment

The vulnerability can cause a kernel panic when cryptographic operations are performed via the AF_ALG interface, potentially disrupting services and applications relying on hardware-accelerated cryptography.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit in the mainline branch). If an update is not possible, consider disabling the NX driver (nx-crypto) or restricting AF_ALG access to unprivileged processes.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: nx - fix nx_crypto_ctx_exit argument nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit calls nx_crypto_ctx_exit with crypto_shash_ctx(...) but crypto_shash_ctx gives a nx_crypto_ctx *, not a crypto_tfm *. Fix the type in nx_crypto_ctx_exit and drop the bogus crypto_tfm_ctx call. This fixes the following oops: BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access at 0xc0403effffffffc8 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000396cb4 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#15] Call Trace: nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit+0x24/0x60 crypto_shash_exit_tfm+0x28/0x40 crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140 crypto_exit_ahash_using_shash+0x20/0x40 crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140 hash_release+0x1c/0x30 alg_sock_destruct+0x38/0x60 __sk_destruct+0x48/0x2b0 af_alg_release+0x58/0xb0 __sock_release+0x68/0x150 sock_close+0x20/0x40 __fput+0x110/0x3a0 sys_close+0x48/0xa0 system_call_exception+0x140/0x2d0 system_call_common+0xf4/0x258 .. which came from hardlink(1) opportunistically using AF_ALG. The same problem exists with nx_crypto_ctx_skcipher_exit getting a context it wasn't expecting, but apparently nobody hit that for years.

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