crypto: authencesn - reject too-short AAD (assoclen<8) to match ESP/ESN spec
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.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9532ff0d0e90ff78a214299f594ab9bac81defe4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b0a9609283a5c852addb513dafa655c61eebc1ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df22c9a65e9a9daa368a72fed596af9d7d5876bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee86edf5803f1d1f19e3b4f2dacac241bddfa48
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/23xxx/CVE-2026-23060.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23060