CVE-2022-49258
kernel: crypto: ccree - Fix use after free in cc_cipher_exit()
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 26, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: ccree - Fix use after free in cc_cipher_exit()
kfree_sensitive(ctx_p->user.key) will free the ctx_p->user.key. But ctx_p->user.key is still used in the next line, which will lead to a use after free.
We can call kfree_sensitive() after dev_dbg() to avoid the uaf.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-416 · Use After Free