Vulnerability · Published May 27, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-45959crypto: ccp - Fix a crash due to incorrect cleanup usage of kfree

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity out-of-bounds write in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 2% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 97.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - Fix a crash due to incorrect cleanup usage of kfree Annotating a local pointer variable, which will be assigned with the kmalloc-family functions, with the `__cleanup(kfree)` attribute will make the address of the local variable, rather than the address returned by kmalloc, passed to kfree directly and lead to a crash due to invalid deallocation of stack address. According to other places in the repo, the correct usage should be `__free(kfree)`. The code coincidentally compiled because the parameter type `void *` of kfree is compatible with the desired type `struct { ... } **`.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel-matched6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2ALSA-2026:70498
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8ALSA-2026:70459
Debian:14linux6.18.14-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45959
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-211.58.1.el10_2RLSA-2026:70498
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-687.50.1.el9_8RLSA-2026:70459
Ubuntu:25.10linuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:25.10linux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-45959

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a71475582ada92ba021852bf3c2b40ab3718549b – before 9a3ace9b010ffd8c422c97844ae152f7c53d6b18a71475582ada92ba021852bf3c2b40ab3718549b – before 90f9090e3e744a8fe3bb6fa0e61f577347728b0ba71475582ada92ba021852bf3c2b40ab3718549b – before d5abcc33ee76bc26d58b39dc1a097e43a99dd438
Linux Linux 6.17

Weakness: CWE-787 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References