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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97948906dc8e0ea84775e03e35b60a2063c70193 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c5672faf8e93e38c2deac3979cc767ca5cf918 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4fe4eb580bbc7439f649a496d4cf38415a4021c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f68d9ed38dd6e5a6c6d75b03d25c1c133e321d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c06479d7059888adf2f22bc1ebcf053bf691a2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c4a5074532eaaa14951994a3aad0d479aa7431 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a5203596797f394ff3f9aa4005597a92249802 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 2026-10-25 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b3a57d218618cb1cc78ddc9ba02c07de84b46f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97948906dc8e0ea84775e03e35b60a2063c70193 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1c5672faf8e93e38c2deac3979cc767ca5cf918 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4fe4eb580bbc7439f649a496d4cf38415a4021c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9f68d9ed38dd6e5a6c6d75b03d25c1c133e321d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c06479d7059888adf2f22bc1ebcf053bf691a2 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4c4a5074532eaaa14951994a3aad0d479aa7431 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8a5203596797f394ff3f9aa4005597a92249802 Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52972 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492364 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52972.json Third Party Advisory