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CVE-2026-53046
published 2026-06-24

CVE-2026-53046: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free from async crypto on Qualcomm crypto engine ksmbd_crypt_message()…

PriorityP352critical9.8CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.72%
53.6th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free from async crypto on Qualcomm crypto engine ksmbd_crypt_message() sets a NULL completion callback on AEAD requests and does not handle the -EINPROGRESS return code from async hardware crypto engines like the Qualcomm Crypto Engine (QCE). When QCE returns -EINPROGRESS, ksmbd treats it as an error and immediately frees the request while the hardware DMA operation is still in flight. The DMA completion callback then dereferences freed memory, causing a NULL pointer crash: pc : qce_skcipher_done+0x24/0x174 lr : vchan_complete+0x230/0x27c ... el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c ksmbd_free_work_struct+0x20/0x118 [ksmbd] ksmbd_exit_file_cache+0x694/0xa4c [ksmbd] Use the standard crypto_wait_req() pattern with crypto_req_done() as the completion callback, matching the approach used by the SMB client in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c. This properly handles both synchronous engines (immediate return) and async engines (-EINPROGRESS followed by callback notification).

Affected

65 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
linuxlinux——
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 57b47231055b431ed0a1a55f33cac3298156440557b47231055b431ed0a1a55f33cac32981564405
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < cc2da381875d4a67026e4c8feb3dba51a2a2d1bccc2da381875d4a67026e4c8feb3dba51a2a2d1bc
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 8fcefe840fa8c14ce667768e5b043286ac3bbcbe8fcefe840fa8c14ce667768e5b043286ac3bbcbe
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 8ef183216feaa24b66b940510d8b68f680eb56e98ef183216feaa24b66b940510d8b68f680eb56e9
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 7164b3953cefd540e7ebca828c793bc6869cfbc47164b3953cefd540e7ebca828c793bc6869cfbc4
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < b46aa129fa2807bfe1545fe74d9295d53c51520bb46aa129fa2807bfe1545fe74d9295d53c51520b
linuxlinux>= e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9 < 3e298897f41c61450c2e7a4f457e8b2485eb35b33e298897f41c61450c2e7a4f457e8b2485eb35b3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.15 < 5.15.2095.15.209
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.1.1756.1.175
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.336.18.33
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.19 < 7.0.107.0.10
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2 < 6.6.1416.6.141
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.916.12.91
ubuntulinux——
ubuntulinux-aws——
ubuntulinux-aws-5.15——
ubuntulinux-aws-fips——
ubuntulinux-azure——
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15——
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8——
ubuntulinux-azure-7.0——
ubuntulinux-azure-fde——
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-5.15——
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8——

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.19.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vendor_ubuntu9.8CRITICAL
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