GHSA-3M8H-QJHW-M7C5
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-19 12:30 – Updated: 2026-07-20 15:31In 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-63805"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-07-19T12:16:53Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: nx - fix nx_crypto_ctx_exit argument\n\nnx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit calls nx_crypto_ctx_exit with crypto_shash_ctx(...)\nbut crypto_shash_ctx gives a nx_crypto_ctx *, not a crypto_tfm *.\n\nFix the type in nx_crypto_ctx_exit and drop the bogus crypto_tfm_ctx\ncall.\n\nThis fixes the following oops:\n\n BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access at 0xc0403effffffffc8\n Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000396cb4\n Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#15]\n Call Trace:\n nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit+0x24/0x60\n crypto_shash_exit_tfm+0x28/0x40\n crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140\n crypto_exit_ahash_using_shash+0x20/0x40\n crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140\n hash_release+0x1c/0x30\n alg_sock_destruct+0x38/0x60\n __sk_destruct+0x48/0x2b0\n af_alg_release+0x58/0xb0\n __sock_release+0x68/0x150\n sock_close+0x20/0x40\n __fput+0x110/0x3a0\n sys_close+0x48/0xa0\n system_call_exception+0x140/0x2d0\n system_call_common+0xf4/0x258\n\n.. which came from hardlink(1) opportunistically using AF_ALG.\n\nThe same problem exists with nx_crypto_ctx_skcipher_exit getting a context\nit wasn\u0027t expecting, but apparently nobody hit that for years.",
"id": "GHSA-3m8h-qjhw-m7c5",
"modified": "2026-07-20T15:31:47Z",
"published": "2026-07-19T12:30:23Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63805"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e67f504ee9ded15e256b64f4fde150e917381d7"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/833033e6e55acf11304ff7bbbdf18351d139c281"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d8507a457667f23477a15496b91908a5b5b7cf3"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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