CVE-2026-93161
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Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-93161, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.

Publication date: 2026-09-17

Last updated on: 2026-09-17

Assigner: kernel.org

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.

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Published
2026-09-17
Last Modified
2026-09-17
Generated
2026-10-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-10-09
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Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5106dfeaeabea73d5132daab1d89d57b57fa98b7
Linux Linux 5.11

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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