CVE-2026-63805 (GCVE-0-2026-63805)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 12:02 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:40
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Title
crypto: nx - fix nx_crypto_ctx_exit argument
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Linux Linux Affected: bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2 , < 8d8507a457667f23477a15496b91908a5b5b7cf3 (git)
Affected: bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2 , < 833033e6e55acf11304ff7bbbdf18351d139c281 (git)
Affected: bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2 , < 4e67f504ee9ded15e256b64f4fde150e917381d7 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.5
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.5 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.38 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.3 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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