CVE-2026-80924

Published: Sep 9, 2026Modified: Sep 10, 2026

7.5

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 3.6

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

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 (4)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/731a5b6fb4c1705f9405d9029dd64ea81e336207

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b96dc9cc250cd16751f53de525cf3442ca0962

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bf79365794783b19f5b09e8a23f7ee311e8931

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d53dd3f267e46a784f219a75072f2f400d42b9

Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

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