CVE-2026-46081

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: acomp - fix wrong pointer stored by acomp_save_req()

acomp_save_req() stores &req->chain in req->base.data. When

acomp_reqchain_done() is invoked on asynchronous completion, it receives

&req->chain as the data argument but casts it directly to struct

acomp_req. Since data points to the chain member, all subsequent field

accesses are at a wrong offset, resulting in memory corruption.

The issue occurs when an asynchronous hardware implementation, such as

the QAT driver, completes a request that uses the DMA virtual address

interface (e.g. acomp_request_set_src_dma()). This combination causes

crypto_acomp_compress() to enter the acomp_do_req_chain() path, which

sets acomp_reqchain_done() as the completion callback via

acomp_save_req().

With KASAN enabled, this manifests as a general protection fault in

acomp_reqchain_done():

general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xe000040000000000

KASAN: probably user-memory-access in range [0x0000400000000000-0x0000400000000007]

RIP: 0010:acomp_reqchain_done+0x15b/0x4e0

Call Trace:

<IRQ>

qat_comp_alg_callback+0x5d/0xa0 [intel_qat]

adf_ring_response_handler+0x376/0x8b0 [intel_qat]

adf_response_handler+0x60/0x170 [intel_qat]

tasklet_action_common+0x223/0x820

handle_softirqs+0x1ab/0x640

</IRQ>

Fix this by storing the request itself in req->base.data instead of

&req->chain, so that acomp_reqchain_done() receives the correct pointer.

Simplify acomp_restore_req() accordingly to access req->chain directly.