CVE-2026-52972EPSS p3.1%
CVE-2026-52972CVE-2026-52972
linux / linux_kernel
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.14% probability of exploitation · percentile 3.1% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-08-17 |