CVE-2026-93161

CVE-2026-93161: vulnerability in Linux

crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack

Published

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 89% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack qat_alg_xts_reverse_key() expands the forward XTS AES key on the stack. That schedule contains key material and can remain in the stack frame. Clear the temporary crypto_aes_ctx with memzero_explicit() after the copy.
Affected products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833chttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359