Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026
crypto: af_alg - Cap AEAD AD length to 0x80000000
CVE-2026-52972
Description
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.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bcmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/97948906dc8e0ea84775e03e35b60a2063c70193mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c5672faf8e93e38c2deac3979cc767ca5cf918mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4fe4eb580bbc7439f649a496d4cf38415a4021cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f68d9ed38dd6e5a6c6d75b03d25c1c133e321dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c4a5074532eaaa14951994a3aad0d479aa7431mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a5203596797f394ff3f9aa4005597a92249802mitre
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