CVE-2022-49260 crypto: hisilicon/sec - fix the aead software fallback for engine

What is CVE-2022-49260?

CVE-2022-49260 is a critical vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

crypto: hisilicon/sec - fix the aead software fallback for engine

Due to the subreq pointer misuse the private context memory. The aead soft crypto occasionally casues the OS panic as setting the 64K page. Here is fix it.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49260?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49260?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49260 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49260 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49260, GHSA-c2j9-qwm7-c4x2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49260.