CVE-2026-43077 (GCVE-0-2026-43077)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-06 07:40 – Updated: 2026-05-06 07:40
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Title
crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: algif_aead - Fix minimum RX size check for decryption The check for the minimum receive buffer size did not take the tag size into account during decryption. Fix this by adding the required extra length.
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Linux Linux Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < 74a66fdb5282d89e348b00c42cfca3a936946d94 (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < fd427dd84f224309afbcc2cb67c7bb770a01265c (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < 1c76b5675119f694458293a2a81f40731c69bd32 (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < e86ab1e5661386a874fbb8551f0c04b8e9f8ad22 (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < af2fa2fbbced26129813274b8b3f7705f280e174 (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < 78cea133daf721698876e56135049a96d39d610a (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < 3afdc15d6173614d7d834517d9b65e7aa5a08548 (git)
Affected: d887c52d6ae43aeebd249b5f2f1333e60236aa60 , < 3d14bd48e3a77091cbce637a12c2ae31b4a1687c (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 4.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.14 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.254 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.204 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.170 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.136 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.83 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.24 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.19.14 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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