CVE-2026-52972

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

24/06/2026

Last modified:

24/07/2026

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.1 (including)	5.10.258 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.209 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.175 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.141 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.91 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.18.33 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.19 (including)	7.0.10 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	7.1 (including)	7.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2026-52972

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools