CVE-2026-23060

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.3-6.18.8 - DoS via NULL Pointer Dereference in authencesn AAD Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0012
EPSS Percentile 2.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (24)
linux/Kernel 4.3.0 - 5.10.249linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.199linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.162linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.8linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.122linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.68linux
Linux/Linux < 4.3
Linux/Linux 104880a6b470958ddc30e139c41aa4f6ed3a5234 - 161bdc90fce25bd9890adc67fa1c8563a7acbf40
Linux/Linux 104880a6b470958ddc30e139c41aa4f6ed3a5234 - 2397e9264676be7794f8f7f1e9763d90bd3c7335
Linux/Linux 104880a6b470958ddc30e139c41aa4f6ed3a5234 - 767e8349f7e929b7dd95c08f0b4cb353459b365e
... and 14 more
Published Feb 04, 2026
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026