CVE-2026-53046

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ksmbd: fix use-after-free from async crypto on Qualcomm crypto engine

ksmbdcryptmessage() sets a NULL completion callback on AEAD requests

and does not handle the -EINPROGRESS return code from async hardware

crypto engines like the Qualcomm Crypto Engine (QCE). When QCE returns

-EINPROGRESS, ksmbd treats it as an error and immediately frees the

request while the hardware DMA operation is still in flight. The DMA

completion callback then dereferences freed memory, causing a NULL

pointer crash:

  pc : qceskcipherdone+0x24/0x174

  lr : vchan_complete+0x230/0x27c

  ...

  el1h64irq+0x68/0x6c

  ksmbdfreework_struct+0x20/0x118 [ksmbd]

  ksmbdexitfile_cache+0x694/0xa4c [ksmbd]

Use the standard cryptowaitreq() pattern with cryptoreqdone() as

the completion callback, matching the approach used by the SMB client

in fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c. This properly handles both synchronous

engines (immediate return) and async engines (-EINPROGRESS followed

by callback notification).