CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-52972

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the af_alg crypto subsystem now caps the AEAD associated data length to 0x80000000 to prevent arithmetic overflows when checking the TX buffer size.

Risk Assessment

An arithmetic overflow could lead to unexpected behavior or potential compromise of data processed by AEAD algorithms.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing this fix.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS