CVE-2025-68763
crypto: starfive - Correctly handle return of sg_nents_for_len
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 5, 2026
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 24, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: starfive - Correctly handle return of sg_nents_for_len
The return value of sg_nents_for_len was assigned to an unsigned long in starfive_hash_digest, causing negative error codes to be converted to large positive integers.
Add error checking for sg_nents_for_len and return immediately on failure to prevent potential buffer overflows.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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LinuxLinux |
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LinuxLinux |
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References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cd14414394b4f3d6e1ed64b8241d1fcc2271820
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c3854d65cc4402cb8c52d4d773450a06efecab6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1af5c973dd744e29fa22121f43e8646b7a7a71a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b3f71cf02e04cfaa482155e3078707fe7f8aef4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9eb52037a529fbb307c290e9951a62dd728b03d
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