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crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.249, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.12.68, 6.18.8, 6.6.122
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-23060
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 06:40 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 4 Feb 2026, 16:07 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2026-23060
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.249, 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.122, 6.12.68, 6.18.8
Complete source record
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