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CVE-2026-52972 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA: redhat-SADPCVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-52972 redhat-SADPThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492364 redhat-SADPIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-52972.json redhat-SADPThird Party Advisory
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b3a57d218618cb1cc78ddc9ba02c07de84b46f4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/265ac26d1c5e17b34d497cbda1f754a1ec8552bc kernel.orgPatch

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]
CWE-190Integer Overflow or Wraparoundredhat-SADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
linux linux kernel
>= 4.1, < 5.10.258
>= 5.11, < 5.15.209
>= 5.16, < 6.1.175
>= 6.2, < 6.6.141
>= 6.7, < 6.12.91

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-52972
NVD Published Date:
Jun 24, 2026
NVD Last Modified:
Aug 17, 2026
Source:
kernel.org
CVE-2026-52972 Details - Not Deferred