CVE-2026-23044
Published: Feb 4, 2026
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: hibernate: Fix crash when freeing invalid crypto compressor When crypto_alloc_acomp() fails, it returns an ERR_PTR value, not NULL. The cleanup code in save_compressed_image() and load_compressed_image() unconditionally calls crypto_free_acomp() without checking for ERR_PTR, which causes crypto_acomp_tfm() to dereference an invalid pointer and crash the kernel. This can be triggered when the compression algorithm is unavailable (e.g., CONFIG_CRYPTO_LZO not enabled). Fix by adding IS_ERR_OR_NULL() checks before calling crypto_free_acomp() and acomp_request_free(), similar to the existing kthread_stop() check. [ rjw: Added 2 empty code lines ]
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b03d542c3c9569f549b1ba0cf7f4d90151fbf8ab - < b7a883b0135dbc6817e90a829421c9fc8cd94badaffected b03d542c3c9569f549b1ba0cf7f4d90151fbf8ab - < 7966cf0ebe32c981bfa3db252cb5fc3bb1bf2e77 |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.15unaffected 0 - < 6.15unaffected 6.18.6 - <= 6.18.*unaffected 6.19 - <= * |
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