CVE-2026-64455: USB: chaoskey: Fix slab-use-after-free in chaoskey_release()

highCVSS 7.8CVE-2026-64455

CSIRTS triage

Memory corruption

What: This vulnerability fixes a slab-use-after-free issue in the chaoskey driver.
Who is affected: Deployments using the chaoskey USB driver.
Urgency: Remediation is critical to prevent potential memory corruption issues.
Action: Apply the fix for CVE-2026-64455.

AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.

Details

Source: Microsoft Security Response Center (INTL · vendor-psirt · site)
Severity: high — CVSS 7.8
Published: 2026-07-14
Exploitation: Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-64455

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-644550.18% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 8% of all scored CVEs.

Referenced CVEs

CVE	CSIRTS overview	External
CVE-2026-64455	coverage & exploitation status	NVD · CVE.org

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