7.8

CVE-2026-63805: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-63805DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63805CGA-3q44-658j-88mc
Published 19-07-2026Last modified 17-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-63805 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 2.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.13%
0%100%
Low · -0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 14 · Related 13
MGASA-2026-0312OPENSUSE-SU-2026:11339-1USN-8726-1USN-8726-2USN-8726-3USN-8726-4

Timeline

  1. 19-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 17-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: nx - fix nx_crypto_ctx_exit argument nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit calls nx_crypto_ctx_exit with crypto_shash_ctx(...) but crypto_shash_ctx gives a nx_crypto_ctx *, not a crypto_tfm *. Fix the type in nx_crypto_ctx_exit and drop the bogus crypto_tfm_ctx call. This fixes the following oops: BUG: Unable to handle kernel data access at 0xc0403effffffffc8 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000396cb4 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#15] Call Trace: nx_crypto_ctx_shash_exit+0x24/0x60 crypto_shash_exit_tfm+0x28/0x40 crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140 crypto_exit_ahash_using_shash+0x20/0x40 crypto_destroy_tfm+0x98/0x140 hash_release+0x1c/0x30 alg_sock_destruct+0x38/0x60 __sk_destruct+0x48/0x2b0 af_alg_release+0x58/0xb0 __sock_release+0x68/0x150 sock_close+0x20/0x40 __fput+0x110/0x3a0 sys_close+0x48/0xa0 system_call_exception+0x140/0x2d0 system_call_common+0xf4/0x258 .. which came from hardlink(1) opportunistically using AF_ALG. The same problem exists with nx_crypto_ctx_skcipher_exit getting a context it wasn't expecting, but apparently nobody hit that for years.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.13%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

3%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.04 pp

From 0.17% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.13%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu157 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.0-31.31
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.0.0-1012.12
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard5 products
  • linux-aws-6.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-azure-6.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-gcp-6.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-qemu-6.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-vmware-6.12All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2, < 8d8507a457667f23477a15496b91908a5b5b7cf3 | ≥ bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2, < 833033e6e55acf11304ff7bbbdf18351d139c281 | ≥ bfd9efddf990d152dc9912fdca520c5e1e19e1e2, < 4e67f504ee9ded15e256b64f4fde150e917381d7 | 5.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 6.18.38 | ≥ 6.19, < 7.1.3
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.1.3-1

4 vendors · 165 products

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