CVE-2026-45950

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

crypto: starfive - Fix memory leak in starfive_aes_aead_do_one_req()

The starfive_aes_aead_do_one_req() function allocates rctx->adata with kzalloc() but fails to free it if sg_copy_to_buffer() or starfive_aes_hw_init() fails, which lead to memory leaks.

Since rctx->adata is unconditionally freed after the write_adata operations, ensure consistent cleanup by freeing the allocation in these earlier error paths as well.

Compile tested only. Issue found using a prototype static analysis tool and code review.

Weakness

The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• Choose a language or tool that provides automatic memory management, or makes manual memory management less error-prone.
• For example, glibc in Linux provides protection against free of invalid pointers.
• When using Xcode to target OS X or iOS, enable automatic reference counting (ARC) [REF-391].
• To help correctly and consistently manage memory when programming in C++, consider using a smart pointer class such as std::auto_ptr (defined by ISO/IEC ISO/IEC 14882:2003), std::shared_ptr and std::unique_ptr (specified by an upcoming revision of the C++ standard, informally referred to as C++ 1x), or equivalent solutions such as Boost.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38d80307decc1132626a30e2a62af734630ecca5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4869d0e4e48a5301b267d359b2561c4080791a55
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f2c964a058581e1557c32d5de651c67a80438a7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb679fdae2e62ed92fd9acb25ed809c0226fcc6