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CVE-2026-52972

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 36/100
Published: 2026-06-24 Modified: 2026-10-25 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: Low
UI: None
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: None
A: High

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
linux linux_kernel 4.1 – 5.10.258

References & Advisories (12)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492364
Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Bug Bounty Relevance

36 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.5 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.14%
Raw Score 0.001440
Percentile 3.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00144
2026-10-28
0.00144

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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