CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53016

HighCVSS 7.8
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 CCP (crypto: ccp) subsystem has a vulnerability where the IV buffer is overwritten during AES encryption in RFC3686 mode. The ccp_aes_complete() function restored 16 bytes (AES_BLOCK_SIZE) to the IV buffer, while the RFC3686 algorithm uses only an 8-byte IV, causing a buffer overrun.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to kernel memory corruption, potentially allowing a local attacker to escalate privileges or cause a denial of service (DoS) by deliberately triggering cryptographic operations with an 8-byte IV.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that uses crypto_skcipher_ivsize() to copy only the correct IV length.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: ccp - copy IV using skcipher ivsize AF_ALG rfc3686-ctr-aes-ccp requests pass an 8-byte IV to the driver. ccp_aes_complete() restores AES_BLOCK_SIZE bytes into the caller's IV buffer while RFC3686 skciphers expose an 8-byte IV, so the restore overruns the provided buffer. Use crypto_skcipher_ivsize() to copy only the algorithm's IV length.

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