GHSA-v3j5-mp2x-9859HighCVSS 7.5
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: krb5 - use...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers
crypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum() free the buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(), leaving the key material behind in the freed slab object.
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80924
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/731a5b6fb4c1705f9405d9029dd64ea81e336207
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b96dc9cc250cd16751f53de525cf3442ca0962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bf79365794783b19f5b09e8a23f7ee311e8931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d53dd3f267e46a784f219a75072f2f400d42b9
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v3j5-mp2x-9859