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CVE-2026-46068: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: nx - fix bounce buffer leaks in...

CRITICAL CVSS 9.5

Published: May 27, 2026 | Last Modified: May 27, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: nx - fix bounce buffer leaks in nx842_crypto_{alloc,free}_ctx The bounce buffers are allocated with __get_free_pages() using BOUNCE_BUFFER_ORDER (order 2 = 4 pages), but both the allocation error path and nx842_crypto_free_ctx() release the buffers with free_page(). Use free_pages() with the matching order instead.

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