Overview
About vulnerability
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption
Move the ssize check to the start in essiv_aead_crypt so that it’s also checked for decryption and in-place encryption.
Details
- Affected product:
- Oracle Linux 7 ELS , Ubuntu 18.04 ELS , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
- Affected packages:
- linux @ 5.4.0 (+3 more)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption
Move the ssize check to the start in essiv_aead_crypt so that it’s also checked for decryption and in-place encryption.