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CVE-2026-23060 Detail

Description

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9532ff0d0e90ff78a214299f594ab9bac81defe4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9609283a5c852addb513dafa655c61eebc1ef kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22c9a65e9a9daa368a72fed596af9d7d5876bb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee86edf5803f1d1f19e3b4f2dacac241bddfa48 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-23060
NVD Published Date:
02/04/2026
NVD Last Modified:
02/06/2026
Source:
kernel.org