THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-52972 (MEDIUM 5.5) — 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.
[NVD] CVE-2026-52972 (MEDIUM 5.5) — 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.
CVE-2026-52972 CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM Published: 2026-06-24T17:17:07.727
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.
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-52972cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-52972