# CVE-2022-49563: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: qat - add param check for RSA Reject requests with a source buffer that is bigger than the size of the key. This is to prevent a possible integer underflow that might happen when copying the source scatterlist into a linear buffer.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d6d2adce08788b7667a6e58002682ea1bbf6a79
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f993321e50ba7a8ba4f5b19939e1772a921a1c42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9714061423b8b24b8afb31b8eb4df977c63f19c4

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