CVE-2026-52972

MEDIUM
5.5CVSS v3
CVSS v2
0.14% EPSS (exploit probability)
CWE-190CWE

Description

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 v3 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected routers (0)

No routers currently mapped to this CVE in our database.

External references