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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-80924

crypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers

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Status
Published
Published
Updated
Assigning organization
Linux

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers crypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum() free the buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(), leaving the key material behind in the freed slab object.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3936f02bf2d3308a7359dd37dd96cd60603d8170 to < 731a5b6fb4c1705f9405d9029dd64ea81e336207affected
  • 3936f02bf2d3308a7359dd37dd96cd60603d8170 to < 91b96dc9cc250cd16751f53de525cf3442ca0962affected
  • 3936f02bf2d3308a7359dd37dd96cd60603d8170 to < a1bf79365794783b19f5b09e8a23f7ee311e8931affected
  • 3936f02bf2d3308a7359dd37dd96cd60603d8170 to < f7d53dd3f267e46a784f219a75072f2f400d42b9affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.15affected
  • 0 to < 6.15unaffected
  • 6.18.49 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.13 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2.3 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

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