CVE-2022-49563 crypto: qat - add param check for RSA

High 7.8 Published Updated

An integer underflow in the Linux kernel's QAT crypto driver allows attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted RSA requests.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-49563?

CVE-2022-49563 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

crypto: qat - add param check for RSA

Reject requests with a source buffer that is bigger than the size of the key. This is to prevent a possible integer underflow that might happen when copying the source scatterlist into a linear buffer.

Weakness: CWE-191

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49563?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49563?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49563 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49563 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49563, GHSA-2cw6-9977-gcw6, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49563, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49563.

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