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CVE-2026-93161

crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:11 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel· Linux
90%
5.115106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Vendor states this is fixed in 892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (7)

Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833c
Source: cverecord
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9

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