Linux QAT driver ioctl CVE202664529
CVE-2026-64529 Published on July 25, 2026
crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs
The QAT driver exposes a character device (qat_adf_ctl) with IOCTLs
for device configuration, start, stop, status query and enumeration.
These IOCTLs are not part of any public uAPI header and have no known
in-tree or out-of-tree users. Device lifecycle is already managed via
sysfs.
The ioctl interface also increases the attack surface and is the
subject of a number of bug reports.
Remove the character device, the IOCTL definitions, and the related
data structures (adf_dev_status_info, adf_user_cfg_key_val,
adf_user_cfg_section, adf_user_cfg_ctl_data). Drop the now-unused
adf_cfg_user.h header and strip adf_ctl_drv.c down to the minimal
module_init/module_exit hooks for workqueue, AER, and crypto/compression
algorithm registration.
Clean up leftover dead code that was only reachable from the removed
IOCTL paths: adf_cfg_del_all(), adf_devmgr_verify_id(),
adf_devmgr_get_num_dev(), adf_devmgr_get_dev_by_id(),
adf_get_vf_real_id() and the unused ADF_CFG macros.
Additionally, drop the entry associated to QAT IOCTLs in
ioctl-number.rst.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-64529
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below 071590a44cbc38483fceb1ab943363ec26868e1b is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below 1de076f43e64bf65fbe7280a269c70e0e60518df is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below a4999664a5ef77bdb0c6e6b935f581ac8ce6b63a is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below 6848a6e39cac44fdb7cb88f0f777df62172d1551 is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below b1ea97076bd0a5196290deba172034e480646727 is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below b8ebf008696de1ec08c90d51f94d7e40bd448be1 is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below de2cc38489b629927910b1aeff69bba7bd5c6f1b is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below 3ae49dd04dbb11fb73f17f58a982dba128abe83a is affected.
- Version d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d and below d237230728c567297f2f98b425d63156ab2ed17f is affected.
- Version 3.17 is affected.
- Before 3.17 is unaffected.
- Version 5.10.260, <= 5.10.* is unaffected.
- Version 5.15.211, <= 5.15.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.1.177, <= 6.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.6.144, <= 6.6.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.12.95, <= 6.12.* is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.37, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.0.14, <= 7.0.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.1.2, <= 7.1.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2-rc1, <= * is unaffected.