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THREAT OPSThreat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-63805 (HIGH 7.8) — 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_cr

[NVD] CVE-2026-63805 (HIGH 7.8) — 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_cr

mednvdPublished 2026-07-19

CVE-2026-63805 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-07-19T12:16:53.230

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.

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Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63805