# CVE-2023-52687: crypto: safexcel - Add error handling for dma\_map\_sg() calls

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-17 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: safexcel - Add error handling for dma_map_sg() calls Macro dma_map_sg() may return 0 on error. This patch enables checks in case of the macro failure and ensures unmapping of previously mapped buffers with dma_unmap_sg(). Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with static analysis tool SVACE.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0ac81a172a69a7733290915276672787e904ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8084b788c2fb1260f7d44c032d5124680b20d2b2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc0b785802b856566df3ac943e38a072557001c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87e02063d07708cac5bfe9fd3a6a242898758ac8

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