CVE-2026-93161crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack
- —Not scoredno CVSS score yet
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - clear AES key schedule from stack qat_alg_xts_reverse_key() expands the forward XTS AES key on the stack. That schedule contains key material and can remain in the stack frame. Clear the temporary crypto_aes_ctx with memzero_explicit() after the copy.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 32 days later
· 32 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
No CVSS score yet: neither the CNA, CISA nor NVD has scored this CVE. NVD status: Received.
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Not scored.
Affected products
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < 892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < 9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < 92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833c
- affected 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7 – < d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9
- affected 5.11
- unaffected < 5.11
- unaffected 5.15.221 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.188 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.157 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.110 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.52 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.2.6 – ≤ 7.2.*
- unaffected 7.3 – ≤ *
References
References7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cf42622b30178f554fa74411eec67e02d70411 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1194b78a163cc56bb9480c707fc34b53522359 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/892f34dc1819cceb8841005a68086710ce3763b6 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa0f1e86cbcb01f68131ae907b54cf299a3592 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9af019e213ada5c3d0d33c515071a1414b6899f3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e4979e1a770860b26aa3d90cce0c4c6a53833c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d41a9fcfb7f9ee36e4a4aaf5e7996bca6be1e7a9 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-82269 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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