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 when checking the TX buffer size, cap the associated data length to 0x80000000.

CVSS 3.1

5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 3% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-190

Published

2026-06-24

Modified

2026-10-25

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-25

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• 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

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