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GHSA-22HH-G7WJ-354W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-28 09:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: hisilicon/sec2 - prevent req used-after-free for sec

During packet transmission, if the system is under heavy load, the hardware might complete processing the packet and free the request memory (req) before the transmission function finishes. If the software subsequently accesses this req, a use-after-free error will occur. The qp_ctx memory exists throughout the packet sending process, so replace the req with the qp_ctx.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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  "id": "GHSA-22hh-g7wj-354w",
  "modified": "2026-06-28T09:31:40Z",
  "published": "2026-06-24T18:32:45Z",
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CVE-2026-53055 (GCVE-0-2026-53055)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-24 16:30 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:32

Title

crypto: hisilicon/sec2 - prevent req used-after-free for sec

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: hisilicon/sec2 - prevent req used-after-free for sec During packet transmission, if the system is under heavy load, the hardware might complete processing the packet and free the request memory (req) before the transmission function finishes. If the software subsequently accesses this req, a use-after-free error will occur. The qp_ctx memory exists throughout the packet sending process, so replace the req with the qp_ctx.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b375c3c7209cc59e4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad73563f3a1edbfdd…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b53a660e6bf0da2…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: f0ae287c50455f7be0d8dd45a803d403c7aa4d2e , < b375c3c7209cc59e40e97998aa9bc768369cca0e (git) Affected: f0ae287c50455f7be0d8dd45a803d403c7aa4d2e , < ad73563f3a1edbfddf2724136c6a15826b354e18 (git) Affected: f0ae287c50455f7be0d8dd45a803d403c7aa4d2e , < 67b53a660e6bf0da2fa8d8872e897a14d8059eaf (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 6.17 Unaffected: 0 , < 6.17 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.33 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.10 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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