medium5.5
CVE-2026-52972
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000 In order to prevent arithmetic overflows …
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000 In order to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX buffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 4.1 before 5.10.258 from 5.11 before 5.15.209 from 5.16 before 6.1.175 from 6.2 before 6.6.141 from 6.7 before 6.12.91 from 6.13 before 6.18.33 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b3a57d218618cb1cc78ddc9ba02c07de84b46f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97948906dc8e0ea84775e03e35b60a2063c70193
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c5672faf8e93e38c2deac3979cc767ca5cf918
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4fe4eb580bbc7439f649a496d4cf38415a4021c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f68d9ed38dd6e5a6c6d75b03d25c1c133e321d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c06479d7059888adf2f22bc1ebcf053bf691a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c4a5074532eaaa14951994a3aad0d479aa7431
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a5203596797f394ff3f9aa4005597a92249802
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52972
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492364
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52972.json