CVE-2026-46075
crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: atmel-sha204a - Fix potential UAF and memory leak in remove path Unregister the hwrng to prevent new ->read() calls and flush the Atmel I2C workqueue before teardown to prevent a potential UAF if a queued callback runs while the device is being removed. Drop the early return to ensure sysfs entries are removed and ->hwrng.priv is freed, preventing a memory leak.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | May 27, 2026 |
| Last Updated | Jun 1, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < 6dbeb0f788582e1ab5dfc3f41994eac0ec88c2b5 da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < c5a45d14234bf26e28a89e3a5dcc08336595cf11 da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < 775c00d87c385b758da9504cf053acea00e2ed40 da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < 1193c12126d39bf986a5a9214827b73707b193ab da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < 31901371ccd16b42d2f167b1018ba9ae8bd5a6c7 da001fb651b00e1deeaf24767dd691ae8152a4f5 < bab1adf3b87e4bfac92c4f5963c63db434d561c1
Linux / Linux
5.3
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dbeb0f788582e1ab5dfc3f41994eac0ec88c2b5 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5a45d14234bf26e28a89e3a5dcc08336595cf11 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/775c00d87c385b758da9504cf053acea00e2ed40 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1193c12126d39bf986a5a9214827b73707b193ab git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31901371ccd16b42d2f167b1018ba9ae8bd5a6c7 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab1adf3b87e4bfac92c4f5963c63db434d561c1