CVE-2026-45900: crypto: caam - fix netdev memory leak in dpaa2_caam_probe

Published May 27, 2026
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: caam - fix netdev memory leak in dpaa2caamprobe

When commit 0e1a4d427f58 ("crypto: caam: Unembed netdev structure in dpaa2") converted embedded netdevice to dynamically allocated pointers, it added cleanup in dpaa2dpsecidisable() but missed adding cleanup in dpaa2dpsecifree() for error paths.

This causes memory leaks when dpaa2dpsecidpiosetup() fails during probe due to DPIO devices not being ready yet. The kernel's deferred probe mechanism handles the retry successfully, but the netdevs allocated during the failed probe attempt are never freed, resulting in kmemleak reports showing multiple leaked netdev-related allocations all traced back to dpaa2caamprobe().

Fix this by preserving the CPU mask of allocated netdevs during setup and using it for cleanup in dpaa2dpsecifree(). This approach ensures that only the CPUs that actually had netdevs allocated will be cleaned up, avoiding potential issues with CPU hotplug scenarios.

Affected Software

4 affected components
Linux Linux kernel
Linux Linux kernel>=6.11<6.12.75
Linux Linux kernel>=6.13<6.18.14
Linux Linux kernel>=6.19<6.19.4

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade Linux kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Patch 0e1a4d427f58

Event History

May 27, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·12:17 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·12:17 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·02:17 PM
RemedyDescriptionSeverityWeaknessAffected Software

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