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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: caam - fix DMA corruption on long hmac keys When a key longer than block size is supplied, it is copied and then hashed into the real key. The memory allocated for the copy needs to be rounded to DMA cache alignment, as otherwise the hashed key may corrupt neighbouring memory. The rounding was performed, but never actually used for the allocation. Fix this by replacing kmemdup with kmalloc for a larger buffer, followed by memcpy.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-05-01 | Published 2026-05-01 | Updated 2026-05-03 | Assigner Linux




HIGH: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Product status

Default status
unaffected

199354d7fb6eaa2cc5bb650af0bca624baffee35 (git) before a7ecf06d3ee06e9b3322e1e7b003ea5c6f6e135a
affected

199354d7fb6eaa2cc5bb650af0bca624baffee35 (git) before c0c133e0225d87aad326bb90bbce9bdd6fde3cbb
affected

199354d7fb6eaa2cc5bb650af0bca624baffee35 (git) before 68feed135a0c7243a9275ae7e6a18260f755f52b
affected

199354d7fb6eaa2cc5bb650af0bca624baffee35 (git) before f2af8be110bde26b3e3354efdfdda97f426306a4
affected

199354d7fb6eaa2cc5bb650af0bca624baffee35 (git) before 5ddfdcbe10dc5f97afc4e46ca22be2be717e8caf
affected

Default status
affected

6.3
affected

Any version before 6.3
unaffected

6.6.134 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.81 (semver)
unaffected

6.18.22 (semver)
unaffected

6.19.12 (semver)
unaffected

7.0 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/a7ecf06d3ee06e9b3322e1e7b003ea5c6f6e135a

git.kernel.org/...c/c0c133e0225d87aad326bb90bbce9bdd6fde3cbb

git.kernel.org/...c/68feed135a0c7243a9275ae7e6a18260f755f52b

git.kernel.org/...c/f2af8be110bde26b3e3354efdfdda97f426306a4

git.kernel.org/...c/5ddfdcbe10dc5f97afc4e46ca22be2be717e8caf

cve.org (CVE-2026-43044)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-43044)

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