Key disclosure via CAAM debug hex dumps
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel CAAM driver allows local users to read cryptographic keys from kernel debug output. The *_setkey() and gen_split_key() paths pass sensitive key buffers to print_hex_dump_debug(), which emits them when dynamic debug is enabled. Exploitation requires CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG, enabled CAAM debug call sites, and local access to the resulting kernel log; no write or service-interruption impact is reported.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in the Linux Kernel CAAM driver allows local users to read cryptographic keys from kernel debug output. The *_setkey() and gen_split_key() paths pass sensitive key buffers to print_hex_dump_debug(), which emits them when dynamic debug is enabled. Exploitation requires CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG, enabled CAAM debug call sites, and local access to the resulting kernel log; no write or service-interruption impact is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64316
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.3
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <3f57657b6ea23f933371f2c2846322f441773cee
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <45c0e3615e5bca5f1fc93357af8d19975c092d4f
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <6f7b8e0321f3a8fbbd267d2ac15c671ab59e919e
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <8b56ba10105ca34a4b75f7e33d41d96a63815591
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <8cf5fb0503129e53052fe29302379cf83891d0fb
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <9a53dc0a0ae0486e164e5af3de5f99ab42c5a23e
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <cea7302d5d05df74cfb4107897b1ca34163c06b9
- Affected versionversion=6e005503199b9bf1b385949c05897fd6567b5af4 <ebd37eef6e4f435e18829c0c0c9ba3a6618cb2dd
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