CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-46068

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-05-27 Modified 2026-06-24 Official page ↗
Status
Undergoing Analysis
Published
2026-05-27
Last modified
2026-06-24
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-787

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: nx - fix bounce buffer leaks in nx842_crypto_{alloc,free}_ctx The bounce buffers are allocated with __get_free_pages() using BOUNCE_BUFFER_ORDER (order 2 = 4 pages), but both the allocation error path and nx842_crypto_free_ctx() release the buffers with free_page(). Use free_pages() with the matching order instead.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 4.2 < 6.6.141) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.88) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.27) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write weakness

References