CVE-2026-45950 (GCVE-0-2026-45950)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-27 12:18 – Updated: 2026-05-27 12:18
VLAI
Title
crypto: starfive - Fix memory leak in starfive_aes_aead_do_one_req()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: starfive - Fix memory leak in starfive_aes_aead_do_one_req() The starfive_aes_aead_do_one_req() function allocates rctx->adata with kzalloc() but fails to free it if sg_copy_to_buffer() or starfive_aes_hw_init() fails, which lead to memory leaks. Since rctx->adata is unconditionally freed after the write_adata operations, ensure consistent cleanup by freeing the allocation in these earlier error paths as well. Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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References
Impacted products
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Linux Linux Affected: 7467147ef9bf42d1ea5b3314c7a05cd542b3518e , < 38d80307decc1132626a30e2a62af734630ecca5 (git)
Affected: 7467147ef9bf42d1ea5b3314c7a05cd542b3518e , < 4869d0e4e48a5301b267d359b2561c4080791a55 (git)
Affected: 7467147ef9bf42d1ea5b3314c7a05cd542b3518e , < 5f2c964a058581e1557c32d5de651c67a80438a7 (git)
Affected: 7467147ef9bf42d1ea5b3314c7a05cd542b3518e , < ccb679fdae2e62ed92fd9acb25ed809c0226fcc6 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.75 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.14 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.4 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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