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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: hibernate: Fix crash when freeing invalid crypto compressor When crypto_alloc_acomp() fails, it returns an ERR_PTR value, not NULL. The cleanup code in save_compressed_image() and load_compressed_image() unconditionally calls crypto_free_acomp() without checking for ERR_PTR, which causes crypto_acomp_tfm() to dereference an invalid pointer and crash the kernel. This can be triggered when the compression algorithm is unavailable (e.g., CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO not enabled). Fix by adding IS_ERR_OR_NULL() checks before calling crypto_free_acomp() and acomp_request_free(), similar to the existing kthread_stop() check. [ rjw: Added 2 empty code lines ]

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-13 | Published 2026-02-04 | Updated 2026-02-09 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

b03d542c3c9569f549b1ba0cf7f4d90151fbf8ab (git) before b7a883b0135dbc6817e90a829421c9fc8cd94bad
affected

b03d542c3c9569f549b1ba0cf7f4d90151fbf8ab (git) before 7966cf0ebe32c981bfa3db252cb5fc3bb1bf2e77
affected

Default status
affected

6.15
affected

Any version before 6.15
unaffected

6.18.6 (semver)
unaffected

6.19 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/b7a883b0135dbc6817e90a829421c9fc8cd94bad

git.kernel.org/...c/7966cf0ebe32c981bfa3db252cb5fc3bb1bf2e77

cve.org (CVE-2026-23044)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-23044)

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