CVE-2026-43330: Linux kernel · crypto: caam – fix overflow on long hmac keys
Affects Linux kernelSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High.
Data as of 11 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Linux) | CVSS 3.1 | 7.8 |
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- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 2% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 8 May 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 11 Nov 2026.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: caam - fix overflow on long hmac keys When a key longer than block size is supplied, it is copied and then hashed into the real key. The memory allocated for the copy needs to be rounded to DMA cache alignment, as otherwise the hashed key may corrupt neighbouring memory. The copying is performed using kmemdup, however this leads to an overflow: reading more bytes (aligned_len - keylen) from the keylen source buffer. Fix this by replacing kmemdup with kmalloc, followed by memcpy.
References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/31022cfde5235c45fa765f0aabeff5f0652852f2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2fb4984fe09fc176fe4c12d5e3edf626df6511d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa545df011338df13f0833fc1fabcb15c0521959 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cebc5ebd958346195b77f42d0cd5141b4e448fae (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/80688afb9c35b3934ce2d6be9973758915e2e0ef (opens in a new tab)