CVE-2026-46075
crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path Unregister the hwrng to prevent new ->read() calls and flush the Atmel I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued callback runs while the device is being removed. Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and ->hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a45d14234bf26e28a89e3a5dcc08336595cf11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775c00d87c385b758da9504cf053acea00e2ed40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1193c12126d39bf986a5a9214827b73707b193ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31901371ccd16b42d2f167b1018ba9ae8bd5a6c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab1adf3b87e4bfac92c4f5963c63db434d561c1
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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