In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec authencesn assumes an ESP/ESN-formatted AAD. When assoclen is shorter than the minimum expected length, crypto_authenc_esn_decrypt() can advance past the end of the destination scatterlist and trigger a NULL pointer dereference in scatterwalk_map_and_copy(), leading to a kernel panic (DoS). Add a minimum AAD length check to fail fast on invalid inputs.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9532ff0d0e90ff78a214299f594ab9bac81defe4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9609283a5c852addb513dafa655c61eebc1ef Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22c9a65e9a9daa368a72fed596af9d7d5876bb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee86edf5803f1d1f19e3b4f2dacac241bddfa48 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9532ff0d0e90ff78a214299f594ab9bac81defe4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9609283a5c852addb513dafa655c61eebc1ef Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22c9a65e9a9daa368a72fed596af9d7d5876bb Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee86edf5803f1d1f19e3b4f2dacac241bddfa48 Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html