{"cve":"CVE-2026-80924","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-09T17:17:47.653","modified":"2026-10-19T09:17:23.320","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: krb5 - use kfree_sensitive() for derived key buffers\n\ncrypto_krb5_prepare_encryption() and crypto_krb5_prepare_checksum()\nfree the buffer holding the freshly derived keys with plain kfree(),\nleaving the key material behind in the freed slab object.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":7.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/731a5b6fb4c1705f9405d9029dd64ea81e336207","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91b96dc9cc250cd16751f53de525cf3442ca0962","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1bf79365794783b19f5b09e8a23f7ee311e8931","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7d53dd3f267e46a784f219a75072f2f400d42b9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:52:53.108888569+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-80924","score":0.00322,"percentile":0.24982,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}