CVE-2026-53046

ksmbd: fix use-after-free from async crypto on Qualcomm crypto engine

CVE-2026-53046 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53046, released June 25, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
9.8
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0072
54th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix use-after-free from async crypto on Qualcomm crypto engine ksmbd_crypt_message() sets a NULL completion callback on AEAD requests and does not handle the -EINPROGRESS return code from async hardware crypto engines like the Qualcomm Crypto Engine (QCE). When QCE returns -EINPROGRESS, ksmbd treats it as an error and immediately frees the request while the hardware DMA operation is still in flight. The DMA completion callback then dereferences freed memory, causing a NULL pointer crash: pc : qce_skcipher_done+0x24/0x174 lr : vchan_complete+0x230/0x27c ... el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c ksmbd_free_work_struct+0x20/0x118 [ksmbd] ksmbd_exit_file_cache+0x694/0xa4c [ksmbd] Use the standard crypto_wait_req() pattern with crypto_req_done() as the completion callback, matching the approach used by the SMB client in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c. This properly handles both synchronous engines (immediate return) and async engines (-EINPROGRESS followed by callback notification).

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.176-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53046 Jun 25, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.94-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53046 Jun 25, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.0.10-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53046 Jun 25, 2026

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