CVE-2026-46077 crypto: atmel-tdes - fix DMA sync direction

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Incorrect DMA synchronization in the Atmel TDES driver may expose stale cache data to the CPU on non-coherent platforms.

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-2026-46077?

CVE-2026-46077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 May 2026. 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: atmel-tdes - fix DMA sync direction

Before DMA output is consumed by the CPU, ->dma_addr_out must be synced with dma_sync_single_for_cpu() instead of dma_sync_single_for_device(). Using the wrong direction can return stale cache data on non-coherent platforms.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-46077?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2026-46077?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2026-46077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as AZL-88529, BELL-CVE-2026-46077, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46077, GHSA-7h5h-c58v-48cq, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2026-46077, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-46077 and 3 more.

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