Bug 2436779 (CVE-2026-23060) - CVE-2026-23060 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in authencesn due to too-short AAD
Summary: CVE-2026-23060 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service in authencesn due to t...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23060
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-02-04 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-29 10:06 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19074 0 None None None 2026-05-19 13:08:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:19225 0 None None None 2026-05-19 18:03:19 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-04 17:02:59 UTC
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.

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 13:08:11 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:19074 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19074

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2026-05-19 18:03:18 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:19225 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:19225


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