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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-64529" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-07-25T09:24:18.750Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:48:38.158Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64529" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-64529.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64529" title: "crypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncrypto: qat - remove unused character device and IOCTLs\n\nThe QAT driver exposes a character device (qat_adf_ctl) with IOCTLs\nfor device configuration, start, stop, status query and enumeration.\nThese IOCTLs are not part of any public uAPI header and have no known\nin-tree or out-of-tree users. Device lifecycle is already managed via\nsysfs.\n\nThe ioctl interface also increases the attack surface and is the\nsubject of a number of bug reports.\n\nRemove the character device, the IOCTL definitions, and the related\ndata structures (adf_dev_status_info, adf_user_cfg_key_val,\nadf_user_cfg_section, adf_user_cfg_ctl_data). Drop the now-unused\nadf_cfg_user.h header and strip adf_ctl_drv.c down to the minimal\nmodule_init/module_exit hooks for workqueue, AER, and crypto/compression\nalgorithm registration.\n\nClean up leftover dead code that was only reachable from the removed\nIOCTL paths: adf_cfg_del_all(), adf_devmgr_verify_id(),\nadf_devmgr_get_num_dev(), adf_devmgr_get_dev_by_id(),\nadf_get_vf_real_id() and the unused ADF_CFG macros.\n\nAdditionally, drop the entry associated to QAT IOCTLs in\nioctl-number.rst." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"071590a44cbc38483fceb1ab943363ec26868e1b"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1de076f43e64bf65fbe7280a269c70e0e60518df"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a4999664a5ef77bdb0c6e6b935f581ac8ce6b63a"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6848a6e39cac44fdb7cb88f0f777df62172d1551"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b1ea97076bd0a5196290deba172034e480646727"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b8ebf008696de1ec08c90d51f94d7e40bd448be1"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"de2cc38489b629927910b1aeff69bba7bd5c6f1b"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ae49dd04dbb11fb73f17f58a982dba128abe83a"},{"version":"d8cba25d2c68992a6e7c1d329b690a9ebe01167d","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d237230728c567297f2f98b425d63156ab2ed17f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.17"},{"version":"5.10.260","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.211","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.177","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.144","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.95","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.37","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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