CVE-2026-80924

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description In the Linux kernel, the functions crypto krb5 prepare encryption() and crypto krb5 prepare checksum() use kfree() to release buffers containing derived keys. This process fails to clear the memory, leaving sensitive key material within the freed slab object, which could potentially be accessed by other processes.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.